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America the Beautiful
The lyrics to America the
Beautiful were written by
Katharine Lee Bates
(1859-1929) an instructor
at Wellesley College,
Massachusetts, after an
inspiring trip to the top
of Pikes Peak, Colorado,
in 1893. Her poem, America
the Beautiful first
appeared in print in The
Congregationalist, a
weekly journal, on July 4,
1895
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America the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious
skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom
beat
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in
self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes prov'd
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their
country loved,
And mercy more than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
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