Hymn CXIX. Particular Metre. The Beauties of the Spring

How sweetly along the gay mead The daisies and cowslips are seen! The flocks as they carelessly feed Rejoice in the beautiful green!

The vines that encircle the bowers, The herbage that springs from the sod, Trees, plants, cooling fruits and sweet flowers, All rise to the praise of my God.

Shall man the great master of all The only insensible prove? Forbid it, fair gratitude's call, Forbid it, devotion and love.

The Lord who such wonders can raise And still can destroy with a nod, My lips shall incessantly praise My soul shall rejoice in my God.