Saturday, November 11, 2006

More than self

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

Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine!

verse 3, America the Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates

1 comment:

LaceyP said...

oh, that is a beautiful verse!

"who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life."

wow!