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.