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People Say:
Happy Easter! "It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls." - Katharine Lee BatesAmerica! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And ev ry gain divine. 2/2 Katharine Lee Bates, 1913
Fun Fact: Katharine Lee Bates, author of the poem that became America the Beautiful, taught English at Colorado College in 1893.
Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.Katharine Lee Bates
Standing atop Pikes Peak in 1893, Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write the lyrics to America the Beautiful.