america the beautiful

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

impassioned stress

a thoroughfare for freedom beat

across the wilderness!

america! america!

god mend thine every flaw

confirm thy soul in self-control

thy liberty in law!

o 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!

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

and crown thy good with brotherhood

from sea to shining sea!