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SDA Hymnal 640

For Beauty of Meadows

Words: Walter FarquharsonMusic: Jane Marshall

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1For beauty of meadows, for grandeur of trees,
For flowers of woodlands, for creatures of seas,
For all You created and gave us to share,
We praise You, Creator, extolling Your care.

2As stewards of beauty received at Your hand,
As creatures who hear Your most urgent command
We turn from our wasteful and destructive ways
We confess our failure, our call to fill all that we do.

3Teach us once again to delight in Your grace;
Your name we would hallow in all we create,
Fulfilling our call to be co-creators with You.

Scripture
Genesis 1:28; Psalm 104:24

1982 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.11
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

For beauty of meadows, for grandeur of trees,˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/11A
For flowers of woodlands, for creatures of seas,˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/11A
For all You created and gave us to share,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
We praise You, Creator, extolling Your care.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B

Verse 2

As stewards of beauty received at Your hand,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
As creatures who hear Your most urgent command˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/11A
We turn from our wasteful and destructive ways˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/12B
We confess our failure, our call to fill all that we do.˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘16C

Verse 3

Teach us once again to delight in Your grace;/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
Your name we would hallow in all we create,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
Fulfilling our call to be co-creators with You.˘/˘/˘/˘˘???˘˘13C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.