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It is the hour to rend thy chains, The blossom time of souls.

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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!

The music was by Samuel Ward

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The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.

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Katherine Lee Bates

Katherine Lee Bates

Born: August 12, 1859
Died: March 28, 1929 (aged 69)
Bio: Katharine Lee Bates was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride.
Known for:
  1. America the Beautiful (1911)
  2. Yellow Clover (1922)
  3. The English Religious Drama (1893)
  4. The Retinue, and Other Poems
  5. Sigurd Our Golden Collie (1919)

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