7. Ye floods and ocean billows!
Ye storms and winter snow!
Ye days of cloudless beauty!
Hoar frost and summer glow!
Ye groves that wave in spring,
And glorious forests, sing Alleluia.
8. First let the birds, with painted plumage gay,
Exalt their great Creator's praise, and say Alleluia.
9. Then let the beasts of earth with varying strain,
Join in Creation's Hymn, and cry again Alleluia.
10. Here let the mountains thunder forth, sonorous, Alleluia.
There, let the valleys sing in gentler chorus, Alleluia.
11. Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry Alleluia.
Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply Alleluia.
12. To God, Who all Creation made,
The frequent hymn be duly paid: Alleluia.
13. This is the strain, the eternal strain, the Lord of all things loves: Alleluia.
This is the song, the heav'nly song, that Christ Himself approves: Alleluia.
