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 impassion'd
stress,
A thorough-fare
for freedom beat,
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine
ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul
in self control,
Thy liberty in
law.
O beautiful for
heroes prov'd,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self
their country lov'd,
And mercy more
than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold
refine,
Till all success
be nobleness,
And ev'ry 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,
Andd crown thy
good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining
sea.