America The Beautiful (Public Domain) Katharine Lee Bates and music composed by Samuel A. Ward
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!
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 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!
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!
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 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!
