Scenes From a Feast

 For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory 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.

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For the  joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,

Friends on earth and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild,

Lord of All, to Thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

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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 night

Lord of All, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

West Dover, Vermont

Thanksgiving 2012

(Hymn by Folliott S. Pierpont (1835-1917)