I never knew this: the phrase "Purple mountain majesties" was inspired by Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies.
America The Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
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 impassioned - stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife.
Who more than self the country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every 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!
O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America ! America !
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life !
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
http://wrensworld.com/purpmount.htm
Because the compass can trace a circle so it symbolizes a circle. How many masonic-styled public buildings have you seen that feature a dome (circle) on top of a square (rectangular structure)? It represents SEX. It represents PENETRATION. It represents fallen angels mating with human women and corrupting the God-given DNA.
This type of symbolism is EVERYWHERE. It is so common that we don't even notice it anymore.
Maybe I'll assemble a collection of architecture fitting this paradigm to illustrate what I'm saying.
Masonic symbolism examples.
Cross + crown
US Capitol
Jefferson Memorial
There are literally millions of examples of masonic symbolism. Here are three.
Yes. Very.
The black and white tile is also in-your-face masonic/illuminati symbolism.
pic1 masonic
pic2 Cathedral, Granada Spain
pic2 Cathedral, Siena, Italy