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Katharine Lee Bates

Katharine Lee Bates Books

Songwriter

Katharine Lee Bates was an American songwriter and professor, renowned for her composition of the patriotic song 'America the Beautiful'. Born on August 12, 1859, in Falmouth, Maine, Bates spent her life in Maine, teaching at Wellesley College and Vassar College. She passed away on March 28, 1929.

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“America! America! God shed His grace on thee.”

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“Adversity is the true school of the mind.”

Mind School Adversity

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

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“O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.”

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

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“America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shinning sea!”

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“O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Til all success be nobleness And every gain divine!”

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Book:America the Beautiful: And Other Poems

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“Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.”

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About the Author

Born: August 12, 1859
Died: March 28, 1929
Known for: Songwriter
Quotes: 9

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