paroles de chanson America the Beautiful (O Beautiful for Spacious Skies) - Michael W. Smith

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 impassioned stress,
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness! America! America!
God mend thine every 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 love
And mercy more than life! America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness, And every 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!
Oh 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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern 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 pilgrims foot and knee!
Oh 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 no longer strain The banner of the free!
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!
By Katherine Lee Bates;
(1859-1929) Inspired by a trip to Pikes Peak in 1893,
Katherine Lee Bates wrote the poem America the Beautiful.
Her poem first appeared in print on July 4,
1895 in The Congregationalist,