Morning Verses

1. 

The sun with loving light

Makes bright for me each day.

The soul with spirit power

Gives strength into my limbs.

In sunlight shining clear

I reverence, O God,

The strength of humankind

Which thou, so graciously,

Hast planted in my soul

That I, with all my might,

May love to work and learn

From thee comes light and strength

To thee rise love and thanks.

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2.

The sun is in my heart

It warms me with its power

And wakens life and love

In bird and beast and flower.

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The stars above my head

Are shining in my mind

Like spirits of the world

Than in my thoughts I find.

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The earth whereon I tread

Lets not my feet go through

But strongly doth uphold

The weight of deeds I do.

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Then must I thankful be

That man on earth I dwell

To love and work the world

And greet all people well.

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3.

Sixteenth Century Prayer

God be in my head, and in my understanding.

God be in my eyes, and in my looking.

God be in my mouth, and in my speaking.

God be in my heart, and in my thinking.

God be at my end, and at my departing.

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4.

We are truthful and helpful

And loving in trust

For our heart's inner sun

Glows brightly in us.

We will open our hearts

To the sunbeams so bright

And we'll fill all the world

With our heart's inner light.

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Good Morning Dear Earth (hands as if holding earth on abdomen)

Good Morning Dear Sun (stretch arms above head in a circular arc)

Good Morning Dear Trees (stretch arms to side, like tree branches)

And the Flowers Everywhere (hands holding flowers on ground)

Good Morning Dear Beasts (hands as if petting a dog,etc..)

And the Birds in the Trees (hands “fly” away like birds flying away)

Good Morning Dear You and Good Morning Dear Me. (hands reaching to each other, then hands cross over our chest)

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The golden sun is shining

Up in the sky so blue;

Good morning, happy morning,

Good morning, sun, to you.

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Early in the morning we hear the rooster calling

He struts around the farm yard, sais good morning creatures all

He flaps his wings and he sings to you

Wake up now! coc-a-doodle-doo

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How beautiful the world is,

How blue the sky above,

How green the grass in the morning dew,

How musical the dove.

 

Eyes to see the colours bright,

Ears for music of delight,

Nose to smell the fragrant rose,

Skin to feel the breeze that blows.

 

How beautiful the world is,

How blue the sky above,

God is there in all creation

Flowing forth in light and love.

Paul King 

The song of the stars resounds in the heavens,

The song of the sun awakens the day,

The song of my heart is the sun in my soul,

And I’ll listen, and listen, to what it can say.

Paul King

 

 

A head I have for thinking deeply,

Listening, and learning, and looking with care.

Hands I have for work and creating

With fingers skillful to make and repair.

In my heart I can carry the sun

Shining with love for everyone.

Paul King