Lyrics
1. Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days;
Bounteous Source of every joy,
Let Thy praise our tongues employ.
2. For the blessings of the field,
For the stores the gardens yield;
For the vine’s exalted juice,
For the generous olive’s use.
3. Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain;
Clouds that drop their fattening dews,
Suns that temperate warmth diffuse.
4. All that Spring with bounteous hand
Scatters o’er the smiling land;
All that liberal Autumn pours
From her rich o’erflowing stores.
5. These to Thee, my God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow;
And for these my soul shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.
6. Yet, should rising whirlwinds tear
From its stem the ripening ear;
Should the fig tree’s blasted shoot
Drop her green untimely fruit,
7. Should the vine put forth no more,
Nor the olive yield her store;
Though the sickening flocks should fall,
And the herds desert the stall,
8. Yet to Thee my soul shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise;
And, when every blessing’s flown
Love Thee for Thyself alone.
9. Sing we to our God above
Praise eternal as his love;
Praise him, all ye heav'nly host,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
10. **alt verses
11. For the blessings of the field,
For the stores our gardens yield,
Flocks that whiten all the plain,
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain;
12. Flowers that blossom fresh and fair,
Scenting all the fragrant air;
Clouds that drop refreshing dews,
Sunbeams that their warmth diffuse.
13. All that Spring with bounteous hand
Scatters o’er the smiling land;
All that liberal Autumn pours
From her rich and varied stores.
14. These to Thee, my God, we owe,
Source from whence our comforts flow;
These, through all our happy days,
Claim our songs of love and praise.
15. Should thine altered hand restrain
The early and the latter rain;
Blast each opening bud of joy,
And the rising year destroy.
16. Still to thee our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise;
And, when every blessing’s flown,
Love thee —for thyself alone.