Thanks be to God
Language: English
Thanks be to God for roses rare, For skies of blue and sunshine fair; For ev'ry gift I raise a prayer, Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God for lovely night, For mystic fields with stars bedight, For hours of dream and deep delight, Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God for love divine The hopes that round my heart entwine; For all the joy that now is mine Thanks be to God!
Text Authorship:
- by Patrick Joseph O'Reilly , copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (1884 - 1956), "Thanks be to God", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], New York : Enoch & Sons [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-29
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Word count: 75