America the Beautiful

"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song which rivals "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States, in popularity. It is often found in Christian hymnals in a wide variety of churches in the United States, and may be sung as part of a Christian service of worship to God.

Lyrics

Oh 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! God shed his grace on thee,

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And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.

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Oh beautiful, for pilgrims' feet

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Whose stern, impassioned stress

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A thoroughfare for freedom beat

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Across the wilderness!

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America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw;

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Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law!

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Oh 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! May God thy gold refine,

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Til all success be nobleness, and ev'ry gain divine!

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Oh beautiful, for patriot's 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! God shed his grace on thee,

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And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea!

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