For The Beauty of The Earth

For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory of the skies,



For the love which from our birth,
Over and around us lies.

Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.



For the wonder of each hour,



Of the day and of the night;



Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,


. . .


Sun and moon
and
Stars of light,


Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.

by Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864

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In observance of Earth Day 2008.

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(Yes, I know that was yesterday and I actually started this post
the day before that, and it has taken me two days
to convince Blogger to upload these pictures.)