Books with title America, the Beautiful

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Excerpt from America the Beautiful and Other Poems IS there no ivy greener than the rest, N o amaranth from shadowy isles Elysian, That we may lay upon thy snow-heaped breast, Year of the Vision? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The words to one of the United States most beloved songs, America, The Beautiful, were originally a poem written in 1893 by Wellesley College English professor Katherine Lee Bates, who found inspiration on a trip to Colorado and Pike s Peak. Bates s words and composer Samuel Ward s music were first published together in 1910. This 1911 collection of poems includes many more on the subject of country, as well as poetry dwelling on faith, nature, love, and death. Katherine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The author of numerous poems, travel books, and children s books, she popularized Mrs. Claus in her 1889 poem Goody Santa Claus on A Sleigh Ride. "

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...old, The sun, the moon, and the stars, The New Year waits at Time's high gates, And clashes the golden bars. And the soul of the world awakens and gropes In a twilight wonder of fears and hopes, As a new wave breaks on the beaten shores, As a new foot falls on the trodden floors, And a New Year stands with uplifted hands In the light of the opened doors. All uncrowned, with his hair unbound, His white hair loose on the wind, The Old Year goes to his long repose, But he casts his gifts behind. With glimmer of tears and flicker of smile, He takes his place in the pilgrim file Of the dim-eyed years who journey along, Shrilling us back a discordant song, That mingles and blends with the distance and ends In a harmony soft and strong. Long foretold, in the morning cold, With pain and music and mirth, The New Year gleams on the broken dreams Of the fast-revolving earth; A secret, a change, and a mystery, What hath not been and what is to be, Nourished and cherished and hidden away, Saved by Time for this ripening day, To work a deed forever decreed And a mission it must obey. All unknown, it is thou alone Who canst tell thine errand aright,--A whispered thought when the world was not, And a sign made in the night. Far from the touch of our vain surmise, In thy folded hours thy meaning lies, To some for blessing, to some for curse; Yet none would thy destined dawn disperse, For it works in the plan that is more than man, And is well for the universe. THE CHANGING ROAD BENEATH the softly falling snow The wood whose shy anemones We plucked such little while ago Becomes a wood of Christmas trees. Our paths of rustling silken grass Will soon be ermine bands of white Spotted with tiny steps that pass On silent errands in the night. The river will be locked...

"America the Beautiful, and Other Poems" by Katherine Lee Bates.Short poems of a high quality and unusual variety in subject and meter, 1ncluding verses on American history, impressions of foreign travel, memorial poems and translations of Spanish folk songs.--"The Dial," Vol. 52 [1913]* * * * *Among the most recent of The Survey's hundred hymns are many which indicate that the imagery of the new hymns is to average better than that of the old. Notice, for example, the picturesque lines of Katherine Lee Bates:"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain." --"The Survey," Vol. 32 [1914]

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