Music:”What A Wonderful World” Singer: Louis Armstrong POEMS FOR GENERATIONS All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colors, And made their tiny wings. The purple headed mountains, The river running by, The sunset and the morning That brightens up the sky. The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden: God made them every one. The tall trees in the greenwood, The meadows where we play, The rushes by the water, We gather every day. God gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. Cecil F. H. Alexander (1848)

Beautiful earth, as I have looked upon you, how often has my spirit leapt into song with huge happiness! How I have craved to get a firm grip on you ocean-girdled waist and keep it pressed to my breast; to spread myself in every direction, as pervasive and boundless as the morning sun; to dance all day long upon forests, upon mountains, on the undulations of trembling leaves; to kiss every flower that buds; to embrace all the tender densely growing greenswards; to oscillate as on a swing of delight on every wave; and quietly at night with hushed footsteps to come as cosmic sleep, stroking the eyes of all your birds and beasts with my own fingers, entering every bed, nest, home, cave, den that there is, spreading myself like a gigantic sari-end upon all that exists, cloaking it with the gentlest darkness! Poet: Unknown Created by Thong Ba Le