Miriam Therese's version of "America the Beautiful":
How beautiful, our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain; our purple mountains as they rise above the fruitful plain. America! America! God's gracious gifts abound, and more and more we're grateful for life's bounty all around. --
Indigenous and immigrant, our daughters and our sons: O may we never rest content till all are truly one. America! America! God grant that we may be a sisterhood and brotherhood from sea to shining sea. --
How beautiful, sincere lament, the wisdom born of tears, the courage called for to repent the bloodshed through the years. America! America! God grant that we may be a nation blessed with none oppressed, true land of liberty. --
How beautiful, two continents, and islands in the sea that dream of peace, nonviolence, all people living free. Americas! Americas! God grant that we may be a hemisphere where people here all live in harmony.
Miriam Therese's version of "America the Beautiful":
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful, our spacious skies, our amber waves of grain;
our purple mountains as they rise above the fruitful plain.
America! America! God's gracious gifts abound,
and more and more we're grateful for life's bounty all around. --
Indigenous and immigrant, our daughters and our sons:
O may we never rest content till all are truly one.
America! America! God grant that we may be
a sisterhood and brotherhood from sea to shining sea. --
How beautiful, sincere lament, the wisdom born of tears,
the courage called for to repent the bloodshed through the years.
America! America! God grant that we may be
a nation blessed with none oppressed, true land of liberty. --
How beautiful, two continents, and islands in the sea
that dream of peace, nonviolence, all people living free.
Americas! Americas! God grant that we may be
a hemisphere where people here all live in harmony.
I like the second verse best
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I keep getting "failed to post" when using my laptop. I can post from my phone. Very annoying. -- nordy
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DeleteUN Reports Severe Chickenpox Outbreak in Gaza Strip as Displaced Palestinians Crowd in Tent Cities
ReplyDeleteOver 9,000 cases of infection were reported in just two weeks, with over half in Khan Yunis, according to a recent UN report -- Haaretz -- nordy
Chicken pox will be the least of it by the time it's over. -- nordy
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