o beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain america america god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining se 97 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 and may all success be nobleness and every gain divine o america america god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea from sea to shining sea from sea to shine shining sea