The God Whom Earth, and Sea, and Sky

The God whom earth

and sea

and sky

Adore

and laud

and mag­ni­fy

Who o’er their three­fold fab­ric reigns

The vir­gin’s spot­less womb con­tains.

The God whose will by moon and sun

And all things in due course is done

Is borne up­on a maid­en’s breast

By full­est heav­en­ly grace pos­sessed.

How blest the mo­ther

in whose shrine

The great Ar­ti­fic­er d­ivine

Whose hand con­tains the earth and sky

Vouchsafed

as in His ark

to lie!

Blest

in the mes­sage Ga­bri­el brought;

Blest

by the work the Spir­it wrought:

From whom the great De­sire of earth

Took hu­man flesh and hu­man birth.

All hon­or

laud

and glo­ry be

O Je­su

vir­gin-born

to Thee!

All glo­ry

as is ev­er meet

To Fa­ther and to Pa­ra­clete.