From season to season,
through death and re-birth,
this world, through its phases,
shows love has no dearth.
Such love is for sharing,
to do good to all,
to nurture well-being,
to echo God's call.
Through sensitive reason
we fathom the need
of neighbours, of nature;
we subjugate greed.
We offer each other
the kiss of God's peace,
embracing earth's harmony,
hatred will cease.
Through summer and autumn,
through winter's release,
we welcome spring's coming
with nature's increase.
All praise for the gifting
of harvest and life,
all power to the ending
of all human strife.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Tune: DATCHET
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