{"slug": "this-is-my-fathers-world", "title": "This Is My Father's World", "first_line": "This Is My Father's World", "author": "maltbie-babcock", "author_date": "1901", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Nature", "Creation", "Providence"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Maltbie D. Babcock (1858\u20131901), \"My Father's World,\" published posthumously in Thoughts for Every-Day Living (1901); the standard three-stanza hymn form (stanzas ending \"...the wonders wrought,\" \"...to me everywhere,\" and \"...and heaven be one\"). Public domain. Text cross-checked against Wikipedia's public-domain transcription and the underlaid printing in Alleluia (1915) #180 (archive.org alleluiahymnalfo1915pres, leaf 0180; that plate's \"round she rings\" is a typo for the 1901 original's \"round me rings\" and is not adopted).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "This is my Fa -- ther's world, And to my list -- ening ears All na -- ture sings, and round me rings The mu -- sic of the spheres. This is my Fa -- ther's world: I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas\u2014 His hand the won -- ders wrought.", "prose": ["This is my Father's world,", "And to my listening ears", "All nature sings, and round me rings", "The music of the spheres.", "This is my Father's world:", "I rest me in the thought", "Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas\u2014", "His hand the wonders wrought."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "This is my Fa -- ther's world, The birds their car -- ols raise, The morn -- ing light, the lil -- y white, De -- clare their Mak -- er's praise. This is my Fa -- ther's world: He shines in all that's fair; In the rust -- ling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me eve -- ry -- where.", "prose": ["This is my Father's world,", "The birds their carols raise,", "The morning light, the lily white,", "Declare their Maker's praise.", "This is my Father's world:", "He shines in all that's fair;", "In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,", "He speaks to me everywhere."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "This is my Fa -- ther's world, O let me ne'er for -- get That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the rul -- er yet. This is my Fa -- ther's world: The bat -- tle is not done; Je -- sus who died shall be sat -- is -- fied, And earth and heav -- en be one.", "prose": ["This is my Father's world,", "O let me ne'er forget", "That though the wrong seems oft so strong,", "God is the ruler yet.", "This is my Father's world:", "The battle is not done;", "Jesus who died shall be satisfied,", "And earth and heaven be one."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}