by Alfred F. Jones » Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:15 am
(o_o Sorry I poofed... First my iPod died, then I switched to my cell phone, which also died. e.e Then I was like, "Screw this," and I decided to get on my computer. :3)
America watched Fiji go, and blinked. He almost didn't notice that she smacked him. He laughed, a low chuckle at first, but then it magnified into a nearly bellowing laugh. Tears of mirth ran down his cheeks, and his eyes were lit with laughter. He stopped suddenly, as if he forgot how to laugh for a while. "Hm.... How annoying," he murmured quietly, not noticing anyone else's presence for a moment.
★O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
★O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
★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 ev'ry gain divine!
★O 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!