Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth,

 For the beauty 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.

Text: Folliot Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917

Music: Conrad Kocher

"O God of Loveliness"

 O God of Loveliness

 

O God of loveliness, 

     0 Lord of heaven above,
How worthy to possess

     My heart's devoted love!
So sweet thy countenance, 

     So gracious to behold
That one, one only glance

     To me were bliss untold.

Thou art blest Three in One, 

     Yet undivided still;
Thou art the One alone, 

     Whose love my heart can fill.
The heavens and earth below, 

     Were fashioned by thy Word;
How amiable art Thou, 

     My ever dearest Lord!

To think Thou art my God,--

     O thought forever blest!
My heart has overflowed! 

     With joy within my breast.
My soul so full of bliss, 

     Is plunged as in a sea,
Deep in the sweet abyss

     Of holy charity.

O loveliness supreme, 

     And Beauty infinite;

0 ever-flowing Stream,

     and Ocean of delight;

0 Life by which I live, 

     My truest Life above,
To Thee alone I give 

     My undivided love.

--St. Alfonso Liguori