On Aug 29, 2004, at 8:09 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
America the Beautiful is a great song. The words from the third stanza:
thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
That's the fourth verse in the version I know.
Yeah, there's some awesome poetry in AtB. Even plain old "God shed His grace on thee" is a great line. (When you quote it alone it looks like past-tense declarative, but it's present subjunctive, same as "God bless America".)
I think my favorite part is the end of the second verse:
America, America, God mend thine every flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.
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