America the Beautiful

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03df0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="03e203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>The DAVA Lighthouse</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The DAVA Lighthouse"><U><B>home</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Light" ><B> <!-onMouseover Link CSS Script-© Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com). For full source code, installation instructions, 100's more DHTML scripts, and Terms Of Use, visit dynamicdrive.com--><style></style>  </B></FONT></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems and Stories"><U><B>Poems and Stories</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03cf2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03ff0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>America the Beautiful</I></div> <bR> <div> AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL</div> <bR> <div> 0 BEAUTIFUL for spacious skies,</div> <div> For amber waves of grain,</div> <div> For purple mountain majesties</div> <div> Above the fruited plaint</div> <div> America! America!</div> <div> God shed His grace on thee</div> <div> And crown thy good with brotherhood</div> <div> From sea to shining sea!</div> <bR> <div> 0 beautiful for pilgrim feet,</div> <div> Whose stem, impassioned stress</div> <div> A thoroughfare for freedom beat</div> <div> Across the wildemess!</div> <div> America! Americal!</div> <div> God mend thine every flaw,</div> <div> Confirm thy soul in self-control,</div> <div> Thy liberty in law!</div> <bR> <div> 0 beautiful for heroes proved</div> <div> In liberating strife,</div> <div> Who more than self their country loved,</div> <div> And mercy more than lifel!</div> <div> America! America!</div> <div> May God thy gold refine,</div> <div> Till all success be nobleness</div> <div> And every gain divine!</div> <div> 0 beautiful for patriot dream</div> <div> That sees beyond the years</div> <div> Thine alabaster cities glcam</div> <div> Undimmed by human tears!</div> <div> America! America!</div> <div> God shed His grace on thee,</div> <div> And crown thy good with brotherhood</div> <div> From sea to shining seal</div> <bR> <div> KATHARINE LEE BATES</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>