| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| America the Beautiful |
| | | Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) |
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| O BEAUTIFUL for spacious skies, | |
| For amber waves of grain, | |
| For purple mountain majesties | |
| Above the fruited plain! | |
| America! America! | 5 |
| God shed His grace on thee | |
| And crown thy good with brotherhood | |
| From sea to shining sea! | |
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| O beautiful for pilgrim feet, | |
| Those stern, impassioned stress | 10 |
| A thoroughfare for freedom beat | |
| Across the wilderness! | |
| America! America! | |
| God mend thine every flaw, | |
| Confirm thy soul in self-control, | 15 |
| Thy liberty in law! | |
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| O beautiful for heroes proved | |
| In liberating strife | |
| Who more than self their country loved, | |
| And mercy more than life! | 20 |
| America! America! | |
| May God thy gold refine, | |
| Till all success be nobleness, | |
| And every gain divine. | |
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| O beautiful for patriot dream | 25 |
| That sees beyond the years | |
| Thine alabaster cities gleam | |
| Undimmed by human tears! | |
| America! America! | |
| God shed His grace on thee | 30 |
| And crown thy good with brotherhood | |
| From sea to shining sea! | |
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