The New Colossus
Not like
the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; here at our
sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned
lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide
welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient
lands, your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips.
"Give me you’re tired, you’re poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free, and the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tost to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887).
https://www.howtallisthestatueofliberty.org/what-is-the-quote-on-the-statue-of-liberty/
"The New Colossus"
is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Colossus
She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for
the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of
Liberty (Liberty
Enlightening the World).[2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze
plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
http://www.libertystatepark.com/emma.htm
