The Bountiful Land

"Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain." ---------- Tales from ancestral lore decree How journeys prompt discovery. Evolving visions, sacred themes, Beckoned onward those hopes and dreams: One land became that promised place Undaunted seekers could embrace - No plight would prove too burdensome That might deny wayfarers from Immigrating to obtain Freedoms that they could thus sustain. Unbowed by struggles they would face Long suffered souls these tests embraced; Long wandered wards from tumults fought Advancing quests for futures sought. Now, praise their spirit rightly famed - Defend those rights so nobly gained.