America the Beautiful

Katharine Lee Bates (1893) • English

Primary Scripture: Exodus 16:6

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.

Scripture References

Reference 1

exodus 16:6

Reference 2

exodus 19:6

Reference 3

deuteronomy 8:7-9

Reference 4

deuteronomy 8:14

Reference 5

deuteronomy 8:18

Reference 6

psalms 33:6-9

Reference 7

psalms 33:12-22

Reference 8

psalms 65:5-14

Reference 9

psalms 67:1

Reference 10

psalms 144:15