O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness.
America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.
-- Lines 9–16, "Pikes Peak", the original name of Katharine Lee Bates' poem, first published on July 4 and later set to music and known as "America the Beautiful" Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
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