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(Words by Katharine Lee Bates / Melody by Samuel Ward) |
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O beautiful for spacious skies, |
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For amber waves of grain, |
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For purple mountain majesties |
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Above the fruited plain! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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And crown thy good with brotherhood |
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From sea to shining sea! |
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet |
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Whose stern impassioned stress |
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A thoroughfare of freedom beat |
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Across the wilderness! |
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America! America! |
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God mend thine every flaw, |
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Confirm thy soul in self-control, |
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Thy liberty in law! |
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O beautiful for heroes proved |
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In liberating strife. |
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Who more than self their country loved |
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And mercy more than life! |
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America! America! |
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May God thy gold refine |
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Till all success be nobleness |
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And every gain divine! |
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O beautiful for patriot dream |
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That sees beyond the years |
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Thine alabaster cities gleam |
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Undimmed by human tears! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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And crown thy good with brotherhood |
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From sea to shining sea! |
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O beautiful for halcyon skies, |
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For amber waves of grain, |
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For purple mountain majesties |
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Above the enameled plain! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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Till souls wax fair as earth and air |
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And music-hearted sea! |
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O beautiful for pilgrims feet, |
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Whose stem impassioned stress |
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A thoroughfare for freedom beat |
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Across the wilderness! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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Till paths be wrought throughwilds of thought |
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By pilgrim foot and knee! |
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O beautiful for glory-tale |
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Of liberating strife |
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When once and twice,for man's avail |
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Men lavished precious life! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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Till selfish gain no longer stain |
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The banner of the free! |
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O beautiful for patriot dream |
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That sees beyond the years |
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Thine alabaster cities gleam |
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Undimmed by human tears! |
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America! America! |
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God shed his grace on thee |
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Till nobler men keep once again |
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Thy whiter jubilee! |