Pied Beauty
Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough; And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is pa
Great Art Thou, O Lord
Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee. Grant me, Lord, to know
We Praise Thy Name
For our work and strength to do it For the will to still pursue it For the joy which comes from doing And the pleasure of pursuing And for daily strength renewing For the beauty none can measure For the earth with all its treasure For the ties to heaven which bind us For the sorrows left behind us For the friends who now surround us For the love which sought and found us For the kindness all around us For Thy love to us o'erflowing Which Thou art by these things showing For t
In Praise of Books
In Praise of Animals In Praise of Beauty In Praise of Birds In Praise of Books In Praise of Cats In Praise of Children In Praise of Country life In Praise of Dogs In Praise of Flowers In Praise of Freedom In Praise of Friendship In Praise of Good living In Praise of Horses In Praise of Humour In Praise of Islands In Praise of Lakes In Praise of Love In Praise of Mountains In Praise of Music In Praise of Pets In Praise of Rivers In Praise of Spring In Praise of The Bible In Pr
Praise and Thankfulness
Praise God for: Everything Good things Trials and difficulties Thank God for: Everything Good things Trials and difficulties
Praise Can Be
Honour Worship Devotion Extolling Applauding Exaltation Glorifying Magnifying Acclamation Appreciation Commendation Thanking God Giving...