Friday, November 23, 2012

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)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you very much for your beautiful blog. I am very far from the woods of my childhood now, and your photos and posts are a delight all year long.

Caroline said...

How lovely!

catharus said...

A most beautiful Thanksgiving tribute.

Anonymous said...

Nice photo of Phil.
John and Mary