All honest things in the world we greet
With welcome fair and free;
A little love by the way is sweet,
A friend, or two, or three;
Of the sun and moon and stars are glad,
Of the waters of river and sea;
We thank thee, Lord, for the years we've had,
For the years that yet shall be.
These are our brothers, the winds of the airs;
These are our sisters, the flowers.
Be near us at evening and hear our.prayers.,
O God, in the late gray hours.