Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearing to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, the tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) American poet
“The New Colossus” (1883)

Used as an inscription on the Statue of Liberty, New York.


 
Added on 30-Oct-08 | Last updated 30-Oct-08
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