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FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTHfor Mixed Voices, S.A.T.B., with Keyboard

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Words byF.S. PIERPOINT(1835 - 1917)

JOHN RUTTER

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love

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from

our

birth

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all

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raise

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This

our

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hymn

--

of

praise

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night

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stars

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sun

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praise

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praise

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