Here is the first verse to her classic...one of the most beautiful ever written, in my opinion. I love the Star Spangled Banner, but I'm one of those who would vote to have this awesome hymn become our national anthem. It's interesting to think that a woman who could write something like this would not be accepted in most mainstream churches today, nor would her partner of 25 years, Katharine Coman...
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| O beautiful for spacious skies, |
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| For amber waves of grain, |
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| For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! |
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| America! America! |
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| God shed his grace on thee |
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| And crown thy good with brotherhood |
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| From sea to shining sea! |
