[SAMWolf]

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 impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare 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 loved,
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 alabster 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.

Katharine Lee Bates

Johnmiserable failureKerry

[SAMWolf]

from The Freeper Foxhole and Snippy and Sam

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Sam!!

Back from a grand day with the family. Thank You for the lyrics to America the Beautiful. I saw a little bit of her beauty today at my daughters in the country.

The Fourth Graphic is just beautiful, thank you. Hope you day has been filled with all the people you love and doing the things you love to do.

Thank You also, for your service to our great nation.