Break forth into thanksgiving,

Ye banded instruments of wind and chords!

Unite, to praise the Ever-living,

Your inarticulate notes with the voice of words,

Nor hushed be service from the lowing mead,

Nor mute the forest hum of noon:

Thou too be heard lone eagle! freed

From snowy peak and cloud, attune

Thy hungry barkings to the hymn

Of joy, that from her utmost walls