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!

— Katharine Lee Bates

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

— Katharine Lee Bates

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

— Katharine Lee Bates

Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.

— Katharine Lee Bates