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 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 stain, the banner of the free!, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.