STAND UP AND SING

FOR AMERICATM

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AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL

Oh, 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.

 

Oh, beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress,

A thorough fare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America ! America !

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in Self-control,

Thy Liberty God's law.

 

Oh, 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.

 

Oh, 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.  

           

      Samuel Ward/Katherine Lee Bates