506 "The valleys also are covered over with corn: they shout for joy, they also sing.” mfTHE God of harvest praise In loud thanksgivings, raise Hand, heart, and voice: res The valleys laugh and sing, Forests and mountains ring, The plains their tribute bring, The streams rejoice. mf Garden and orchard ground Autumnal fruits have crowned, The vintage glows: res Here plenty pours her horn; There the full tide of corn, Swayed by the breath of morn, The land o'erflows. HARVEST.] 3mfThe wind, the rain, the sun, cres Man, to thy labour bow, 4mfA few seeds scattered wide 5f The God of harvest praise; cres From field to garner throng, Bless ye the Lord! Amen. In verses 3, 4, and 5, those minims should be sung to the last syllable of the 6th line and he slurs in the following bar omitted. NOX PRÆCESSIT. C.M. J. BAPTISTE CALKIN Matured the swelling grain; cres A yellow harvest crowns Thy love, f And plenty fills the plain. 5f Seed-time and harvest, Lord, alone, Thou dost on man bestow; mf Let him not then forget to own From whom his blessings flow. f Fountain of love! our praise is Thine; To Thee our songs we'll raise, And all created nature join In sweet, harmonious praise. |