This is a song I wrote after teaching a class on Thomas Traherne. It seems appropriate somehow given the weather we've been having.
THE ORDINARY BEAUTY OF THE WORLD
A baby’s laugh / a robin’s cry
Tears of joy in a mother’s eyes
The ordinary beauty of the world
A gust of wind / a thunder cast
A rainbow when the storm has past
The ordinary beauty of the world
I sing in loving praise. I sing all my days.
I sing because I’m amazed at the ordinary beauty of the world.
A spider’s web / an artist’s hand
Eternity in a grain of sand
The ordinary beauty of the world
Breaking waves / a lover’s sigh
Light from stars in the autumn sky
The ordinary beauty of the world
I sing in loving praise. I sing all my days.
I sing because I’m amazed at the ordinary beauty of the world.
In birth and death / we know love reigns
When the sea itself flows in our veins
The ordinary beauty of the world
I sing in loving praise. I sing all my days.
I sing because I’m amazed at the ordinary beauty of the world.
© 2012 Dale Petley (Oklahoma City)
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