XI.
‘Blessed of the Lord be his land for the precious things of heaven, for
the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the precious
fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by
the moon, and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth.’
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Deut. xxxiii. 13-16.
Nor withhold we glad thanksgiving for His mercies ever new,
Precious things of earth and heaven, sun and rain and quickening dew;
Precious fruits and varied crowning of the year His good-ness fills,
Chief things of the ancient mountains, precious things of lasting hills.
