Biography:
Samuel Augustus Ward (28 December 1847 – 28 September 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Ward studied music in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark in 1880. He is remembered for his hymn "Materna" (1882) which was used for the anthem "America the Beautiful", with words by Katharine Lee Bates. However, Ward never met Bates, and he died in 1903 in Newark.
He was the last in an unbroken
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G D
O beautiful for spacious skies
D7 G
for amber waves of grain
D
For purple mountain majesties
A A7 D D7
above the fruited plain
G D
America America
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
And crown thy good with brotherhood
C D7 G
from sea to shining sea
G D
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
D7 G
whose stern impassioned stress
D
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
A A7 D D7
across the wilderness
G D
America America
D7 G
God mend thine every flaw
C G
Confirm thy soul in self-control
C D7 G
Thy liberty in law
G D
O beautiful for heroes proved
D7 G
in liberating strife
D
Who more than self their country loved
A A7 D D7
and mercy more than life
G D
America America
D7 G
May God thy gold refine
C G
Till all success be nobleness
C D7 G
and every gain divine
G D
O beautiful for patriot dream
D7 G
that sees beyond the years
D
Thine alabaster cities gleam
A A7 D D7
undimmed by human tears
G D
America America
D7 G
God shed his grace on thee
C G
And crown thy good with brotherhood
C D7 G
from sea to shining sea
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain
America America
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness
America America
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life
America America
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee
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