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| FOR the beauty of the earth, | |
| For the beauty of the skies, | |
| For the Love which from our birth | |
| Over and around us lies; | |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | 5 |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| 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; | 10 |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| For the joy of ear and eye, | |
| For the heart and brain’s delight, | |
| For the mystic harmony | 15 |
| Linking sense to sound and sight; | |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| For the joy of human love, | |
| Brother, sister, parent, child, | 20 |
| Friends on earth, and friends above, | |
| For all gentle thoughts and mild; | |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| For each perfect gift of Thine | 25 |
| To our race so freely given, | |
| Graces human and Divine, | |
| Flowers of earth, and buds of Heaven; | |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | 30 |
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| For Thy Bride that evermore | |
| Lifteth holy hands above, | |
| Offering up on every shore | |
| Its Pure Sacrifice of Love; | |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise | 35 |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| For Thy Martyrs’ crown of light, | |
| For Thy Prophets’ eagle eye, | |
| For Thy bold Confessors’ might, | |
| For the lips of Infancy: | 40 |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise, | |
| This, our Sacrifice of Praise. | |
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| For Thy Virgin’s robes of snow, | |
| For Thy Maiden Mother mild, | |
| For Thyself, with hearts aglow, | 45 |
| Jesu, Victim undefiled, | |
| Offer we, at Thine own Shrine, | |
| Thyself, sweet Sacrament Divine. | |
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