| For the beauty of the earth
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| For the beauty of the skies
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| For the love which from our birth
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| Over and around us lies
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| Over and around us lies
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| Lord of all, to thee we raise
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| This our joyful hymn of praise
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| For the beauty of the hour
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| Of the day and of the night
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| Hill and vale and tree and flower
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| Sun and moon and stars of light
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| Sun and moon and stars of light
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| Lord of all, to thee we raise
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| This our joyful hymn of praise
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| For the joy of human love
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| Brother, sister, parent, child
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| Friends on earth and friends above
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| For all gentle thoughts and mild
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| For all gentle thoughts and mild
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| Lord of all, to thee we raise
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| This our joyful hymn of praise
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| For each perfect gift of thine
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| To our race so freely given
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| Graces human and divine
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| Flow’rs of earth and buds of heav’n
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| Flow’rs of earth and buds of heav’n
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| Lord of all, to thee we raise
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| This our joyful hymn, our joyful hymn of praise
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| This our joyful hymn of praise |