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HIGHEST omnipotent good Lord,
Glory and honour to Thy name adored,
And praise and every blessing.
Of everything Thou art the source,
No man is worthy to pronounce Thy name.
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Praised by His creatures all,
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Praised be the Lord my God,
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By Messer Sun, my brother above all.
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Who by his rays lights us and lights the day—
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Radiant is she, with his great splendour stored,
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Thy glory, Lord, confessing.
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By Sister Moon and stars my Lord is praised.
Where clear and fair they in the heavens are raised.
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By Brother Wind, my Lord, Thy praise is said.
By air and clouds and the blue sky o'erhead,
By which Thy creatures all are kept and fed.
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By one most humble, useful, precious, chaste.
By Sister Water, my Lord, Thou art praised.
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And praised is my Lord
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By Brother Fire,— he who lights up the night-
Jocund, robust is he, and strong and bright.
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Praised art Thou, my Lord, by Mother Earth-
Thou, who sustainest her and governest,
And to her flowers, fruits, herbs, dost colour
give and birth.
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And praised is my Lord
By those who, for Thy love, can pardon give,
And bear the weakness and the wrongs of men.
Blessed are those who suffer thus in peace.
By Thee, the Highest, to be crowned in heaven
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Praised by our Sister Death, my Lord, art Thou
From whom no living man escapes.
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Who die in mortal sin have mortal woe;
But blessed they who die doing Thy will, —
The second death can strike at them no blow.
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Praises, and thanks, and blessing to my Master be:
Serve ye Him all, with great humility.
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