for the beauty of the earth for the beauty of the skies for the love which from our birth over and around us lies father unto thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise  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 father unto thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise  for the joy of human love brother sister parent child friends on earth and friends above for all gentle thoughts and mild father unto thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise  for each perfect gift of thine to our race so freely given graces human and divine flowers of earth and buds of heaven father unto thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise 