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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 11:17 PM Jan 2018

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 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!”

By Emma Lazarus

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The New Colossus (Original Post) lunasun Jan 2018 OP
No matter how many times I read this GeoWilliam750 Jan 2018 #1
Every time this is posted here, I am inspired. longship Jan 2018 #2

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. Every time this is posted here, I am inspired.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:34 AM
Jan 2018

It expresses wonderful sentiments.

R&K



Yes, GeoWilliam, shivers.

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