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Golden Breaks the Dawn
Author: T. C. Chao, b. 1888; Frank W. Price; Daniel Niles; John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #353 (1993) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: LE P'ING
Golden Breaks the Dawn
O Slowly, Slowly, They Return
Author: Wendell Berry, 1934- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #342 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: SOLOTHURN
O Slowly, Slowly, They Return
Bring, O Morn, Thy Music
Author: William Channing Gannett, 1840-1923 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #39 (1993) Meter: 12.13.12.10 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Lyrics: 1 Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free!
Sun and planets chorus, praise to Thee, Most Holy –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
2 Life and death, thy creatures, praise thee, mighty Giver!
Praise and prayer are rising in thy beast and bird and tree;
Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at thy bidding –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
3 Life nor death can part us, O thou Love eternal,
Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward flee!
Homeward draws the spirit to thy Spirit yearning –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Languages: English Tune Title: NICAEA
Bring, O Morn, Thy Music
Almond Trees, Renewed in Bloom
Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #59 (1993) Meter: 7.5.7.5 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Almond trees, renewed in bloom,
do they not proclaim
life returning year by year,
love that will remain?
Almond blossom, sign of life
in the face of pain,
raises hope in people’s hearts:
spring has come again.
2 War destroys a thousandfold,
hatred scars the earth,
but the day when almonds bloom
is a time of birth.
Friends, give thanks for almond blooms
swaying in the wind:
token that the gift of life
triumphs in the end. Languages: English Tune Title: CON X'OM LANG
Almond Trees, Renewed in Bloom
What Is This Life
Author: William Henry Davies, 1869-1941 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #94 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: What is this life if, full of care Lyrics: 1 What is this life if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare –
no time to stand beneath the boughs
and stare as long as sheep or cows;
2 No time to see, when woods we pass,
where squirrels hide their nuts in grass –
no time to see, in broad daylight,
streams full of stars, like skies at night;
3 No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
and watch her feet, how they can dance.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Languages: English Tune Title: DEVOTION
What Is This Life
O God of Stars and Sunlight
Author: John Holmes, 1904-1962 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #11 (1993) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: BREMEN
O God of Stars and Sunlight
O Life That Maketh All Things New
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #12 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.
2 From hand to hand the greeting flows,
from eye to eye the signals run,
from heart to heart the bright hope glows,
the seekers of the light are one:
3 One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul’s perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;
4 The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon’s grander view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new. Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
O Life That Maketh All Things New
The Sun at High Noon
Author: Sydney Henry Knight, 1923- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #14 (1993) Meter: 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: MACDOWELL
The Sun at High Noon
The Lone, Wild Bird
Author: H. R. MacFayden, 1877-1964 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #15 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: The lone, wild bird in lofty flight Lyrics: 1 The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
is still with thee, nor leaves thy sight.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me.
2 The ends of earth are in thy hand,
the sea’s dark deep and far-off land.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me. Languages: English Tune Title: PROSPECT
The Lone, Wild Bird
The Sun That Shines
Author: Dimitri S. Bortniansky, 1751-1825; John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #19 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: The sun that shines across the sea Languages: English Tune Title: BARNFIELD
The Sun That Shines
For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #21 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the splendor of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
3 For the wonder of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
4 For the joy of human care,
sister, brother, parent, child,
for the kinship we all share,
for all gentle thoughts and mild:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise. Languages: English Tune Title: DIX
For the Beauty of the Earth
I Am That Great and Fiery Force
Author: Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #27 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 I am that great and fiery force
sparkling in everything that lives;
in shining of the river’s course,
in greening grass that glory gives.
2 I shine in glitter on the seas,
in burning sun, in moon and stars.
In unseen wind, in verdant trees
I breathe within, both near and far.
3 And where I breathe there is no death,
and meadows glow with beauties rife.
I am in all, the spirit’s breath,
the thundered word, for I am Life. Languages: English Tune Title: AVE VERA VIRGINITAS
I Am That Great and Fiery Force
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #29 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, God of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
hail thee as the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the pain of doubt away;
giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the joy of day.
2 All thy works with joy surround thee,
earth and heav’n reflect thy rays,
stars and planets sing around thee,
center of unbroken praise;
field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea,
chanting bird and flowing fountain
call us to rejoice in thee.
3 Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blest;
wellspring of the joy of living,
ocean-depth of happy rest.
Ever singing march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music lifts us sunward
in the triumph song of life. Languages: English Tune Title: HYMN TO JOY
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Morning Has Broken
Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #38 (1993) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Morning has broken
like the first morning,
blackbird has spoken
like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing
fresh from the Word!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall
sunlit from heaven,
like the first dewfall
on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness
of the wet garden,
sprung in completeness
where God’s feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight!
Mine is the morning
born of the one light
Eden saw play!
Praise with elation,
praise every morning,
God’s recreation
of the new day! Languages: English Tune Title: BUNESSAN
Morning Has Broken
Morning, So Fair to See
Author: Vincent B. Silliman, 1894-1979 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #42 (1993) Meter: 6.6.9.6.6.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Morning, so fair to see,
night, veiled in mystery —
glorious the earth and resplendent skies!
Pilgrims, we march along,
singing our joyous song,
as through an earthly paradise.
2 Tall are the verdant trees;
deep are the flashing seas;
glorious each wonder the seasons bring.
Brighter is faith’s surmise,
shining in pilgrim eyes,
from which our waking spirits spring.
3 Age after age we rise,
‘neath the eternal skies,
into the light from the shadowed past:
still shall our pilgrim song,
buoyant and brave and strong,
resound while life and mountains last. Languages: English Tune Title: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU
Morning, So Fair to See
In Sweet Fields of Autumn
Author: Elizabeth Madison, b. 1883 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #52 (1993) Meter: 12.12.12.12 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: In sweet fields of autumn the gold grain is falling Lyrics: 1 In sweet fields of autumn the gold grain is falling,
the white clouds drift lonely, the wild swan is calling.
Alas for the daisies, the tall fern and grasses,
when wind-sweep and rainfall fill lowlands and passes.
2 The snows of December shall fill windy hollow;
the bleak rain trails after, the March wind shall follow.
The deer through the valleys leave print of their going;
and diamonds of sleet mark the ridges of snowing.
3 The stillness of death shall stoop over the water,
the plover sweep low where the pale streamlets falter;
but deep in the earth clod the black seed is living;
when spring sounds her bugles for rousing and giving. Languages: English Tune Title: CRADLE SONG
In Sweet Fields of Autumn
I Walk the Unfrequented Road
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #53 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 I walk the unfrequented road
with open eye and ear;
I watch afield the farmer load
the bounty of the year.
2 I filch the fruit of no one’s toil —
no trespasser am I —
and yet I reap from every soil
and from the boundless sky.
3 I gather where I did not sow,
and bend the mystic sheaf,
the amber air, the river’s flow,
the rustle of the leaf.
4 A beauty springtime never knew
haunts all the quiet ways,
and sweeter shines the landscape through
its veil of autumn haze.
5 I face the hills, the streams, the wood,
and feel with all akin;
my heart expands; their fortitude
and peace and joy flow in. Languages: English Tune Title: CONSOLATION
I Walk the Unfrequented Road
Now Light Is Less
Author: Theodore Roethke, 1908-1963 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #54 (1993) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: Now light is less; moon skies are wide and deep Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA
Now Light Is Less
In Time of Silver Rain
Author: Langston Hughes, 1902-1967 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #60 (1993) Meter: 6.8.10.10.6 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 In time of silver rain
the earth puts forth new life again,
green grasses grow and flowers lift their heads,
and over all the plain the wonder spreads
of life, of life, of life!
2 In time of silver rain
the butterflies lift silken wings,
and trees put forth new leaves to sing in joy
beneath the sky in time of silver rain,
when spring and life are new.
Languages: English Tune Title: LANGSTON
In Time of Silver Rain
Oh, Give Us Pleasure in the Flowers Today
Author: Robert Frost, 1875-1963 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #64 (1993) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today,
and give us not to think so far away
as the uncertain harvest; keep us here
all simply in the springing of the year.
2 Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white
like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
and make us happy in the happy bees,
the swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
3 And make us happy in the darting bird
that suddenly above the bees is heard,
the meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
and off a blossom in mid air stands still.
4 For this is love and nothing else is love,
the which it is reserved for God above
to sanctify to what far ends he will,
but which it only needs that we fulfill. Languages: English Tune Title: COOLINGE
Oh, Give Us Pleasure in the Flowers Today
In The Spring with Plow and Harrow
Author: John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #71 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: In the spring, with plow and harrow Languages: English Tune Title: HEATON
In The Spring with Plow and Harrow
For the Earth Forever Turning
Author: Kim Oler Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #163 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.8 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: BLUE-GREEN HILLS OF EARTH
For the Earth Forever Turning
In the Branches of the Forest
Author: David Arkin Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #173 (1993) Meter: 8.9.8.7 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: MOUNTAIN ALONE
In the Branches of the Forest
All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
Author: St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #203 (1993) Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 All creatures of the earth and sky,
come, kindred, lift your voices high,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Bright burning sun with golden beam,
soft shining moon with silver gleam:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
2 Swift rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heav’n along,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Fair rising morn in praise rejoice,
high stars of evening find a voice:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
3 Cool flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for all life to hear,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Dance, flame of fire, so strong and bright,
and bless us with your warmth and light:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
4 Embracing earth, you, day by day,
bring forth your blessings on our way,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
All herbs and fruits that richly grow,
let them the glory also show:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
5 All you of understanding heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Let all things now the Holy bless,
and worship God in humbleness:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Languages: English Tune Title: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
Let the Whole Creation Cry
Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1832-1916 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #282 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Let the whole creation cry,
"Glory be to God on high!"
Heaven and earth, awake and sing,
to your God your praises bring.
Sun and moon, uplift your voice,
night and stars, in God rejoice;
sunshine, darkness cloud, and storm,
rain and snow in praise perform.
2 Chant in honor, ocean fair;
earth, soft rushing through the air;
birds, with morn and dew elate,
sing with joy at heaven's gate.
Let the blossoms of the earth
join the universal mirth;
men and women, young and old,
raise the anthem manifold.
3 You to whom the arts belong,
add your voices to the song;
bards of knowledge and of law,
to the glorious circle draw.
From the north to southern pole
let the mighty chorus roll:
"Holy, holy, holy," crry;
"Glory be to God on high!"
Scripture: Psalm 148 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Let the Whole Creation Cry
Rank by Rank again we stand
Author: John Huntley Skrine, 1848-1923; Carl G. Seaburg, 1922- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #358 (1993) Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7.7 Topics: Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: REUNION
Rank by Rank again we stand
