O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern
impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the
wilderness.
America! America!
God men 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 grain 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.