Meet the American who wrote 'America the Beautiful,' Katharine Lee Bates, professor-poet prayed for unity
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Massachusetts poet Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful" after seeing the landscape from the top of Pike's Peak. Her patriotic anthem is a prayer for national unity.
"Looking out over the sea-like expanse of the fertile country spreading away so far under those ample skies … the opening lines of the hymn floated into my mind." "You must compose yourself and be calm. You must trust in the Lord and be reconciled to his will. He will provide for you." "Bates entered the second class of students at new Wellesley College in 1876, where she was known as ‘Katie of ’80' and served as class president and poet." "It really is a prayer. She's praying and asking for God's help to keep the country united." "America! America!/God shed his grace on thee/And crown thy good with brotherhood/From sea to shining sea!" Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
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