How Vast the Web of Life


When I behold the wide and living cosmos,
The turning earth, the sky’s unfolding art,
In wind and flame, in ocean’s restless breathing,
I feel the pulse that stirs the human heart.

Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.
Then sings our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.

When through the woods I roam in quiet splendor
And hear the birds greet morning’s gentle light,
I sense the truth no single creed can capture:
All things belong within this greater life.

Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.
Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.

When we find strength through justice and through kindness,
When love resists the fear that would divide,
The human spirit grows in hope and courage
And lifts the dream of dignity worldwide.

Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.
Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.

And when at last our brief and shining journeys
Return their gifts to earth and sky and sea,
The love we shared will echo through the ages,
A living thread in truth and harmony.

Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.
Then sing our souls in awe and grateful wonder,
How vast the web that holds us all.