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| 5 O
beautiful for halcyon skies, |
| For
amber waves of grain, |
| For purple
mountain majesties |
| Above
the enameled plain! |
| America! America!
|
| God
shed his grace on thee |
| Till souls
wax fair as earth and air |
| And
music-hearted sea! |
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| 6 O
beautiful for pilgrims feet, |
| Whose
stem impassioned stress |
| A thoroughfare
for freedom beat |
| Across
the wilderness! |
| America !
America ! |
| God
shed his grace on thee |
| Till paths
be wrought, through wilds of thought |
| By
pilgrim foot and knee! |
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| 7 O
beautiful for glory-tale |
| Of
liberating strife |
| When once
and twice, for man's avail |
| Men
lavished precious life! |
| America! America! |
| God
shed his grace on thee |
| Till selfish
gain mo longer stain |
| The
banner of the free! |
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| 8 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 |
| Till nobler
men keep once again |
| Thy
whiter jubilee! |
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