{"slug": "thou-visitest-the-earth-in-love", "title": "Harvest Blessings", "first_line": "Thou visitest the earth in love", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 65, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 65"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 169) via the Wayback Machine; cross-verified against two independently scanned printings (archive.org OCR)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalter, United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912 \u2014 Psalm 65, selection 169. Imported by tools/psalter1912_import.py: word-bag attested by both scans; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Thou vis -- it -- est the earth in love And send -- est show -- ers from a -- bove, En -- rich -- ing all the land; Thy streams ex -- haust -- less bless the field, Pre -- par -- ing it the grain to yield Pro -- vid -- ed by Thy hand.", "prose": ["Thou visitest the earth in love", "And sendest showers from above,", "Enriching all the land;", "Thy streams exhaustless bless the field,", "Preparing it the grain to yield", "Provided by Thy hand."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The fur -- rows, sown with liv -- ing grain, Are soft -- ened by Thy gen -- tle rain The spring -- ing corn to bless; The year with good -- ness Thou dost crown, Rich gifts in mer -- cy send -- ing down To cheer the wil -- der -- ness.", "prose": ["The furrows, sown with living grain,", "Are softened by Thy gentle rain", "The springing corn to bless;", "The year with goodness Thou dost crown,", "Rich gifts in mercy sending down", "To cheer the wilderness."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The hills and vales, with ver -- dure clad, Are girt with joy, the earth is glad, New life is all a -- broad; With feed -- ing flocks the pas -- tures teem, With gol -- den grain the val -- leys gleam; All na -- ture prais -- es God.", "prose": ["The hills and vales, with verdure clad,", "Are girt with joy, the earth is glad,", "New life is all abroad;", "With feeding flocks the pastures teem,", "With golden grain the valleys gleam;", "All nature praises God."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}