Richard Wilton (1827-1903). Benedicite (Selected Rondels). IV. "O let the Earth in fair array." Alfred H. Miles, ed. 1907. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

Benedicite (Selected Rondels).
IV. “O let the Earth in fair array”

By Richard Wilton (1827–1903)

O let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise Him and magnify Him for ever.

O LET the Earth in fair array
Breathe to the Lord a gladsome strain;
Weave round her brow a radiant chain
Of apple-bloom or fragrant may,
And dance along her sunny way	5
Through waving grass and springing grain:
O let the Earth in fair array
Breathe to the Lord a gladsome strain.

In sylvan aisles her worship pay,
Or praise Him by the azure main:	10
When morning smiles without a stain,
Or evening dons her mantle grey—
O let the Earth in fair array
Breathe to the Lord a gladsome strain.