O
beautiful for spacious skies,
For
amber waves of grain,
For
purple mountains 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, impassioned 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 proved
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
every 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.
O
beautiful for men of faith
Who
founded this great land;
Proclaimed
for us, "In God we trust,"
And
held to God's strong hand.
America!
America!
God
shed His grace on thee
Till
lives confess His righteousness
From
sea to shining sea.
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