{"product_id":"great-wide-beautiful-wonderful-world","title":"Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Song\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSSAA and Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic by Lane Johnson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWords by William Brighty Rands (1823-1882)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevel: Intermediate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuration: ~4:00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (wow, that's a mouthful!)...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have always felt a deep reverence for the beauties of this world we live in. I love to spend time enjoying the outdoors and all its magnificent variety. But even more importantly, I believe that we are all children of God and that he created this world and all its beauty for us, his most important creations. So, when I came across this poem, I was really drawn to it and I felt compelled to set it to music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIdeal for Community, High School, and University women's choirs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGreat, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,\u003cbr\u003eWith the wonderful water round you curled,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the wonderful grass upon your breast--\u003cbr\u003eWorld, you are beautifully drest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wonderful air is over me,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,\u003cbr\u003eIt walks on the water, and whirls the mills,\u003cbr\u003eAnd talks to itself on the tops of the hills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou friendly Earth! how far do you go,\u003cbr\u003eWith the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,\u003cbr\u003eWith cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles,\u003cbr\u003eAnd people upon you for thousands of miles?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAh, you are so great, and I am so small,\u003cbr\u003eI tremble to think of you, World, at all;\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, when I said my prayers to-day,\u003cbr\u003eA whisper inside me seemed to say,\u003cbr\u003e\"You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:\u003cbr\u003eYou can love and think, and the Earth cannot!\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lane Johnson Music","offers":[{"title":"SSAA and Piano \/ Publisher edition","offer_id":52110636220645,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9210\/5701\/files\/lane-real-catalog-great-wide-beautiful-wonderful-world.png?v=1786970341","url":"https:\/\/lanejohnsonmusic.com\/products\/great-wide-beautiful-wonderful-world","provider":"Lane Johnson Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}