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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE, by FOLLIOTT SANDFORD PIERPOINT First Line: For the beauty of the earth Last Line: This, our sacrifice of praise. | |||
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. 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. 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. 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. For Thy church that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Its pure sacrifice of love: Christ, our God, to Thee we raise This, our sacrifice of praise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JAMES GARBER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO MY HONORED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD by JOHN DRYDEN LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT: NASCENT by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE |
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