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PATRIOTISM AND DEMOCRACY
| 153 | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies | ||||
| (MATERNA C. M. D.) | |||||
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- 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, impas-sioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness !
America ! America ! God mend thine every 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 ! Amen.
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