America the Beautiful
Katharine Lee Bates
Link to "America the Beautiful" Video (You'll need to turn the volume up high in order to hear the singers sing.)
"America The Beautiful" Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates:
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. 3 Key Terms In The Lyrics And Their Definitions:
2. Person/Event In The Lyrics And Identifying Them By Relating Them To The Protest Movement: I think that the lyrics relate to the American Revolutionary War because, the song is about freedom and it is a protest/patriotic ballad. Also, the Patriots were protesting against the British government in order to get freedom.