Songs
Songs Dedicated to America |
AMERICA, AMERICA, AMERICA
America, America, America! Great you are, good you are, brave you are, kind you are. O my America, America, Your Heaven-freedom is earth's aspiration-choice. With you, in you is God-Hour's Victory-Voice. |
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O SWEET LIBERTYO sweet liberty, O sweet liberty,O Eternity's divinity-day, I know, I know, You are earth-perfection's only way. O sweet liberty, O sweet liberty, You are blue Heaven's Vision-seed. I know, I know, You alone are the world-hunger's unerring need. O GREEN-BLUE SACRED FIREO green-blue Sacred Fire,O Sun Freedom-Light, O Heaven's gold Delight, America, O My child of speed, My supreme Promise-Seed. I BOW TO YOUI bow to you, I bow to you, I bow to you,O worshipper of Power supreme. You are the beckoning hands of our great liberation. O my America, The Smile of the Absolute Is dancing for you With ever-glowing flames of aspiration. O BEAUTIFUL AMERICAO beautiful America of the Lord Supreme,You are the pride divine of our soul. The boundless glory of your giant arms And the nectar-flood of your loving heart Are but a collection of delight-flowers in the blue-vast sky. O MY AMERICAO my America,O land of supernal delight, Your selfless deeds are the life-breath of your heart. You are the matchless hope of the entire world. In you the world sees a most auspicious vision-light. |
AMERICA, AMERICAAmerica, America, I salute you.You announce the message of liberation-light To the world. You chase away the darkest darkness of the world. You are a perfect stranger to fear, Cowardice and meanness. You embody the child-like heart. In you we have discovered the flood of peace. SUPERNAL BEAUTYWe have achieved the supernal beautyOf the pure heart of our America; We have seen the strong arms And matchless pomp of America; Therefore, we are in perfect silence. America, America, America, In you abides the adoration-incense-fragrance Of the world-love. O STAR-SPANGLED BANNERO star-spangled banner of the hour Supreme,You are God's Sound Delight. In you is God's Silence-Might. For you is the world-pilot's transcendence-dream. PHILADELPHIAPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia.O sweet city of brotherly love. O God-perfection below, above. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. Your world-attention Liberty Bell Proclaimed the death of our bondage-hell. O freedom-lovers' utopia! Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. |

