America the Beautiful

Lyrics

1. 1. 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.

2. 2. Oh, beautiful for pilgrim feet,

   Whose stern, impassioned stress

   A thoroughfare of freedom beat

   Across the wilderness!

   America! America!

   God mend thine ev’ry flaw,

   Confirm thy soul in self-control,

   Thy liberty in law.

3. 3. 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 ev’ry gain divine.

4. 4. 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.