There is an old hymn called “For the Beauty of the Earth”. The first few lines of which read:
“For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies”
This was originally a poem written by then 29 yr old Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917).
Wikipedia reports that “he was mesmerized by the beauty of the countryside that surrounded him.”
I often feel that way. It is one of the reasons I take nature photographs. It is my belief that we enrich our planet and our world when we acknowledge and praise its beauty. Even as we enrich our children when we acknowledge and praise them. And our friends and family and others around us. I often acknowledge the beauty around me and even thank our sweet mother earth for her beauty. It is a simple thing, acknowledging and praising and thanking. Simple but with an unfathomable effect on that which is praised.
“For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies”
“For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies”
This was originally a poem written by then 29 yr old Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917).
Wikipedia reports that “he was mesmerized by the beauty of the countryside that surrounded him.”
I often feel that way. It is one of the reasons I take nature photographs. It is my belief that we enrich our planet and our world when we acknowledge and praise its beauty. Even as we enrich our children when we acknowledge and praise them. And our friends and family and others around us. I often acknowledge the beauty around me and even thank our sweet mother earth for her beauty. It is a simple thing, acknowledging and praising and thanking. Simple but with an unfathomable effect on that which is praised.
“For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies”
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