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...

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 every gain divine...

Oh beautiful for patriot dreams
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...

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