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| Posthumously famous for her sonnet, “The New Colossus," which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus is considered America’s first important Jewish poet. |
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The New Colossus (The Statue of Liberty)
by Emma Lazarus
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 your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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Mitch Albom: Lady Liberty has her say about The Wall
I went to visit the Statue of Liberty. I missed the last boat back. As I gazed at the American shoreline, I heard a voice.
“So, what do you think?”
I turned. Lady Liberty was talking to me.
“I think I’m hallucinating,” I said.
“Don’t be shy. I don’t often get to speak. It’s hard to talk with people crawling up your robe.”
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“Well...” I said. “What’s on your mind?”
“What do you think? About the symbol?”
“You? I think you’re amazing. Inspiring. Incred--”
“Not me. The new symbol. The Wall.”
“Oh.”
Lady Liberty sighed. “You know, for centuries, I’ve been the image of our nation’s borders. You thought of coming here? You thought of me.
“But now? Now when people around the world think of America, they’re going to picture a wall — a really long, ugly wall.”
She shook her crown. “It won’t even be green.”
“No, no,” I insisted. “We’re much more than that. We’re a huge nation. Rich. Diverse.”
“So is China,” she said. “But what’s the first structure you think of with that country?”
She had me there.
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“So, what do you think?”
I turned. Lady Liberty was talking to me.
“I think I’m hallucinating,” I said.
“Don’t be shy. I don’t often get to speak. It’s hard to talk with people crawling up your robe.”
(Story continues below...)
Read more:
“Well...” I said. “What’s on your mind?”
“What do you think? About the symbol?”
“You? I think you’re amazing. Inspiring. Incred--”
“Not me. The new symbol. The Wall.”
“Oh.”
Lady Liberty sighed. “You know, for centuries, I’ve been the image of our nation’s borders. You thought of coming here? You thought of me.
“But now? Now when people around the world think of America, they’re going to picture a wall — a really long, ugly wall.”
She shook her crown. “It won’t even be green.”
“No, no,” I insisted. “We’re much more than that. We’re a huge nation. Rich. Diverse.”
“So is China,” she said. “But what’s the first structure you think of with that country?”
She had me there.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
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The History of the Statue of Liberty
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