Simple Creatures

*All creatures worship God most high,
lift up your voice in earth and sky,
alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Thou flowing water, pure and clear, 
make music for thy God to hear,
alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright, 
that givest all both warmth and light,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we will not be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.