| 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 |
| 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: |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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| For Thy Bride that evermore |
| Lifteth holy hands above, |
| Offering up on every shore |
| This Pure Sacrifice of Love: |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
| 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: |
| Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
| This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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| For Thy Virgins’ robes of snow, |
| For Thy Maiden Mother mild, |
| For Thyself, with hearts aglow, |
| Jesu, Victim undefiled, |
| Offer we at Thine own Shrine |
| Thyself, sweet Sacrament Divine. |