Tuesday, November 04, 2008

America the Beautiful


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 impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of 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!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

By Katharine Lee Bates




6 comments:

tomlaureld@yahoo.com said...

Very nice and good morning. The roof should be on and the wiring and plumbing should be next.

Rachel said...

Well it's over now and so we wait and see how it goes. Hopefully better than we expect!

Would you believe that the verification word is CRING!! I kid you not! Hope that's not a sign.

JunieRose2005 said...

Sandy,

Thanks!! You and I had a similar idea!


Junie

Anonymous said...

Yes,
God shed His Grace on thee!
nice

Kerri said...

Amen, Sandy!
God is still on the throne. May he bless this country with His grace.

... Paige said...

God have mercy on us and I pray that He shall guide our leaders for the betterment of our country.
amen

my word verify
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