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For the Beauty of the Earth
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Verse 1
For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies;
Refrain
Lord of all, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.
Verse 2
For the wonder of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light.
Verse 3
For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild.
Verse 4
For thy church that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love.
Public Domain Information
- Text
- Public Domain
- Tune
- Not verified (melody not provided)
- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Verification sources
- The Army and Navy Hymnal (Public Domain Archive)
Public Domain status verified for the listed text/source.
Rights & Sources
- Text Rights
- Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 48, scan page 73 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/73). Credit as printed: (no author printed on this page; author from the Wikisource transcription). Text author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835–1917; dates from Wikidata Q5464672, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1917): public domain.
- Tune Rights
- Not verified — not provided
- Translation Rights
- Not applicable (original-language text)
- Arrangement Rights
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- Recording Rights
- No recording provided
- Score / sheet music Rights
- No sheet music provided