Lyrics Of Katharine Lee Bates Song America, The Beautiful
America, The Beautiful
Katharine Lee Bates
1913
Lyrics of Song
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 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 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,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
1. The writer is trying to say that without …show more content…
The song writer did successfully communicate their message to their audience. The message is quite clear that the country is a gift from God that we should cherish.
3. The song does have a historical remodeling related to the war. The song mentions that the ones who fought for America are the real heroes. I feel that there is suppressed information here because it is not mentioned that the country once belonged to someone else before the war was fought. The songs leaves out many historical events that involved the war.
4. The song does hold a significance today. This song has a significance when it comes to freedom. America today is known as a country of freedom. However, the self control mentioned in the song is not what is portrayed today with people. It is hard to have self control when so many corrupt things are going on throughout the country. The military people are still seen today as heroes in our society just as they were seen as heroes back when the song was written
Katharine Lee Bates
1913
Lyrics of Song
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 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 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,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
1. The writer is trying to say that without …show more content…
The song writer did successfully communicate their message to their audience. The message is quite clear that the country is a gift from God that we should cherish.
3. The song does have a historical remodeling related to the war. The song mentions that the ones who fought for America are the real heroes. I feel that there is suppressed information here because it is not mentioned that the country once belonged to someone else before the war was fought. The songs leaves out many historical events that involved the war.
4. The song does hold a significance today. This song has a significance when it comes to freedom. America today is known as a country of freedom. However, the self control mentioned in the song is not what is portrayed today with people. It is hard to have self control when so many corrupt things are going on throughout the country. The military people are still seen today as heroes in our society just as they were seen as heroes back when the song was written