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let me from this day Be wholly Thine. A-MEN.

mf 2 May Thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, My zeal inspire;

p As Thou hast died for me,
cr O may my love to Thee

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Pure, warm, and changeless be, pp 4 When ends life's transient dream,

A living fire.

p 3 While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread,

cr Be Thou my Guide; mf Bid darkness turn to day;

When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll;

cr Blest Saviour, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;

mf O bear me safe above,

A ransomed soul!

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A - MEN.

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!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,

Whose stern, impassioned stress, A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for glorious tale
Of liberating strife,
When valiantly for man's avail,
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,

And every gain divine!

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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