All Things Bright and Beautiful

God's Warrior · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: All Things Bright and Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful
Cecil Frances Alexander

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings.

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset, and the morning,
That brightens up the sky;

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

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God's Warrior · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

Rabbits have a habit of coming for breakfast and staying for lunch.
Now there's one leaf instead of a bunch.
- Gerry Krueger

God's Warrior · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

The Happy Child
W. H. Davies

I saw this day sweet flowers grow thick --
But not one like the child did pick.
I heard the pack hounds in Green Park --
But no dog like the child heard bark.
I heard this day bird after bird --
But not one like the child has heard
.
A hundred butterflies saw I --
But not one like the child saw fly.
I saw the horses roll in grass --
But no horse like the child saw pass.
My world this day has lovely been --
But not like what the child has seen.

God's Warrior · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

Simple Things Grace E. Easley

Simple things are lovely things.
Rain, dropping from the eaves,
Is molten silver streaming down,
Upon the fallen leaves.

The thick, gray mantle of the fog,
Hides everything from view.
Footsteps make a hollow sound,
When they're unseen by you.

The echo of a horse's hoof,
Upon the cobblestone,
Beats like a strange, erratic pulse,
Within my heart alone.

A quiet hour on the sand,
When all the tide is out,
Brings with it something deeper,
Than I care to talk about.

Shafts of sunlight through the trees,
That grow upon a hill,
The first green shoots above the ground,
Though winter lingers still.

Simple things are lovely things,
We need no wealth to share.
The monotone of nature's soul
...That whispers everywhere!

God's Warrior · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

William Beebe summed up the value of nature and the necessity for conservation in The Bird (1906), when he wrote, "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again."
William Beebe (1877-1962)