Questroyal 2009

Katharine Lee Bates ( 1859 – 1929 ) Poet and author of “America the Beautiful” Plate 47 Transcript of “America the Beautiful” written by its author, Katharine Lee Bates Autograph manuscript signed (“Katharine Lee Bates”), c. 1913 – 1929 , one page. A handwritten transcription of “America the Beautiful” transcription 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 of 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 loved / 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! Katharine Lee Bates