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!
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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]
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