All Things Bright and Beautiful
By Cecil F. Alexander, pub.1848
Refrain:
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flow’r that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.
The purple-headed mountains,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky.
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.
The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
To gather every day.
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
... very sweet and beautiful.
ALL of my grandchildren except the 3 year old, can recite that by heart. We teach them young. :)
Though perhaps a short one that the animal might not suffer.
Sheesh.
Aaah .. just beautiful, Wolfie. It's true about the unenlightened and enlightened hearts and souls. We reside in different galaxies.
"Where in the world can man find nobility without pride,
friendship without envy,
or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is laced with muscle,
and strength by gentleness confined.
He serves without servility,
has fought without enmity,
There is nothing so powerful,
nothing less violent,
nothing as quick,
nothing more patient.
The world's past has been borne on his back.
We are his heirs;
he is our inheritance.
The horse."
--Ronald Duncan in Ode to the Horse
My favorite since childhood, still can't speak it out loud without choking up.
Prayers for Barbaro from an lover of all things bright and beautiful