This poem expresses gratitude to God for the beauty of nature, including the earth, skies, hills, valleys, trees, flowers, sun, moon, and stars. It also gives thanks for human love and relationships between brothers, sisters, parents, and children, as well as friends on earth and in heaven. The poem raises a hymn of praise to God for these perfect gifts that have been freely given to humanity, including both human and divine graces.

1. For The Beauty Of The Earth Folliott Sandford Pierpont

2. For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies...

3. God of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise

4. For the beauty 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

5. God of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise

6. For the joy of ear and eye, For the heart and mind’s delight For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight...

7. God of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise

8. For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child Friends on earth and friends above For all gentle thoughts and mild

9. God of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise

10. For each perfect gift of thine To our race so freely giv’n Graces human and divine Flowers of earth and buds of heaven

11. God of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise