Materna
O beautiful for spacious skies
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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Metric Index
CMD 
Modality
C Major 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
Katherine Lee Bates [1859-1929 (alt.)] 
Composer
Samuel Augustus Ward [1848-1903] 
Language
English 
Publication Date
1985 
Topic
National Songs 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Jul 03, 2022 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 06, 2015 10:00 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on May 25, 2014 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jul 01, 2012 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jul 03, 2011 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA 
Poem Words (Three verses)
1.
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!
2.
O beautiful for heroes proved
in liberating strife,
who more than self their country loved,
and mercy more than life!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
confirm thy soul in self-control,
thy liberty in law.
3.
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!
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