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Lucerna Laudoniae

For the beauty of the earth

416

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

77. 77 with Refrain

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Folliot Sandford Pierpont [1835-1917 ( alt.)]

Composer

David Evans [1874-1948]

By permission of Oxford University Press.

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Refrain First Line

Christ our God to thee we raise

Last Five Uses

• Used on May 14, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on May 21, 2017 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Oct 18, 2015 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 11, 2015 00:00 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Sep 22, 2013 10:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Six verses)

For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light, (Refrain)

For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight, (Refrain)

For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild, (Refrain)

For the Church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
thy pure sacrifice of love, (Refrain)

For each perfect gift of thine,
to the world so freely given,
faith and hope and love divine,
peace on earth and joy in heaven. (Refrain)