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I	A
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Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair	B
With flowers beneath above with starry lights	C
And set thine altars everywhere	B
On mountain heights	C
In woodlands dim with many a dream	D
In valleys bright with springs	E
And on the curving capes of every stream	D
Thou who hast taken to thyself the wings	E
Of morning to abide	F
Upon the secret places of the sea	G
And on far islands where the tide	F
Visits the beauty of untrodden shores	H
Waiting for worshippers to come to thee	G
In thy great out of doors	H
To thee I turn to thee I make my prayer	B
God of the open air	B
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II	A
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Seeking for thee the heart of man	I
Lonely and longing ran	I
In that first solitary hour	J
When the mysterious power	J
To know and love the wonder of the morn	K
Was breathed within him and his soul was born	K
And thou didst meet thy child	L
Not in some hidden shrine	M
But in the freedom of the garden wild	L
And take his hand in thine	M
There all day long in Paradise he walked	N
And in the cool of evening with thee talked	N
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III	A
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Lost long ago that garden bright and pure	O
Lost that calm day too perfect to endure	O
And lost the childlike love that worshipped and was sure	O
For men have dulled their eyes with sin	P
And dimmed the light of heaven with doubt	Q
And built their temple walls to shut thee in	P
And framed their iron creeds to shut thee out	Q
But not for thee the closing of the door	R
O Spirit unconfined	S
Thy ways are free	G
As is the wandering wind	S
And thou hast wooed thy children to restore	R
Their fellowship with thee	G
In peace of soul and simpleness of mind	S
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IV	-
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Joyful the heart that when the flood rolled by	A
Leaped up to see the rainbow in the sky	A
And glad the pilgrim in the lonely night	T
For whom the hills of Haran tier on tier	U
Built up a secret stairway to the height	T
Where stars like angel eyes were shining clear	V
From mountain peaks in many a land and age	W
Disciples of the Persian seer	U
Have hailed the rising sun and worshipped thee	G
And wayworn followers of the Indian sage	W
Have found the peace of God beneath a spreading tree	G
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But One but One ah child most dear	V
And perfect image of the Love Unseen	X
Walked every day in pastures green	X
And all his life the quiet waters by	A
Reading their beauty with a tranquil eye	A
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To him the desert was a place prepared	Y
For weary hearts to rest	Z
The hillside was a temple blest	Z
The grassy vale a banquet room	A2
Where he could feed and comfort many a guest	Z
With him the lily shared	Y
The vital joy that breathes itself in bloom	A2
And every bird that sang beside the nest	Z
Told of the love that broods o'er every living thing	B2
He watched the shepherd bring	B2
His flock at sundown to the welcome fold	C2
The fisherman at daybreak fling	B2
His net across the waters gray and cold	C2
And all day long the patient reaper swing	B2
His curving sickle through the harvest gold	C2
So through the world the foot path way he trod	D2
Drawing the air of heaven in every breath	E2
And in the evening sacrifice of death	E2
Beneath the open sky he gave his soul to God	D2
Him will I trust and for my Master take	F2
Him will I follow and for his dear sake	F2
God of the open air	B
To thee I make my prayer	B
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V	G
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From the prison of anxious thought that greed has builded	D2
From the fetters that envy has wrought and pride has gilded	D2
From the noise of the crowded ways and the fierce confusion	G2
From the folly that wastes its days in a world of illusion	G2
Ah but the life is lost that frets and languishes there	B
I would escape and be free in the joy of the open air	B
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By the breadth of the blue that shines in silence o'er me	G
By the length of the mountain lines that stretch before me	G
By the height of the cloud that sails with rest in motion	G2
Over the plains and the vales to the measureless ocean	G2
Oh how the sight of the things that are great enlarges the eyes	H2
Lead me out of the narrow life to the peace of the hills	I2
and the skies	H2
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While the tremulous leafy haze on the woodland is spreading	B2
And the bloom on the meadow betrays where May has been treading	B2
While the birds on the branches above and the brooks flowing under	J
Are singing together of love in a world full of wonder	J
Lo in the marvel of Springtime dreams are changed into truth	J2
Quicken my heart and restore the beautiful hopes of youth	J2
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By the faith that the flowers show when they bloom unbidden	G2
By the calm of the river's flow to a goal that is hidden	G2
By the trust of the tree that clings to its deep foundation	G2
By the courage of wild birds' wings on the long migration	G2
Wonderful secret of peace that abides in Nature's breast	D2
Teach me how to confide and live my life and rest	D2
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For the comforting warmth of the sun that my body embraces	K2
For the cool of the waters that run through the shadowy places	L2
For the balm of the breezes that brush my face with their fingers	M2
For the vesper hymn of the thrush when the twilight lingers	M2
For the long breath the deep breath the breath	E2
of a heart without care	B
I will give thanks and adore thee God of the open air	B
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VI	A
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These are the gifts I ask	N2
Of thee Spirit serene	G2
Strength for the daily task	N2
Courage to face the road	D2
Good cheer to help me bear the traveller's load	D2
And for the hours of rest that come between	G2
An inward joy in all things heard and seen	G2
These are the sins I fain	G2
Would have thee take away	O2
Malice and cold disdain	G2
Hot anger sullen hate	D2
Scorn of the lowly envy of the great	D2
And discontent that casts a shadow gray	O2
On all the brightness of the common day	O2
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These are the things I prize	H2
And hold of dearest worth	P2
Light of the sapphire skies	H2
Peace of the silent hills	I2
Shelter of forests comfort of the grass	Q2
Music of birds murmur of little rills	Q2
Shadow of clouds that swiftly pass	Q2
And after showers	Q2
The smell of flowers	Q2
And of the good brown earth	P2
And best of all along the way friendship and mirth	P2
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So let me keep	R2
These treasures of the humble heart	D2
In true possession owning them by love	-
And when at last I can no longer move	-
Among them freely but must part	D2
From the green fields and from the waters clear	V
Let me not creep	R2
Into some darkened room and hide	D2
From all that makes the world so bright and dear	V
But throw the windows wide	D2
To welcome in the light	D2
And while I clasp a well beloved hand	D2
Let me once more have sight	D2
Of the deep sky and the far smiling land	D2
Then gently fall on sleep	R2
And breathe my body back to Nature's care	B
My spirit out to thee God of the open air	B

Henry Van Dyke

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