O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.
Interpretation
This quote expresses appreciation for the natural beauty of the American landscape.
In this quote, Katharine Lee Bates reflects on the awe-inspiring beauty of the American landscape, celebrating its vastness and diversity. The imagery of spacious skies, fields of grain, majestic mountains, and fruitful plains encapsulates a deep sense of national pride and a connection to the natural world, highlighting the rich and varied beauty that characterizes America.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a nature conservation event to inspire appreciation for the environment.
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!
America! America!_x000D_ _x000D_ God shed His grace on thee_x000D_ _x000D_ And crown thy good with brotherhood_x000D_ _x000D_ From sea to shinning sea!
It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice. As you may expect, someone has died.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature.
We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake.
She was riding a bear! And the Aurora was swaying above them in golden arcs and loops, and all around was the bitter Arctic cold and the immense silence of the North.
And Spring arose on the garden fair,_x000D_ _x000D_ Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;_x000D_ _x000D_ And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast_x000D_ _x000D_ rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
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