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Lazarus, Lmma.

"1he New Co|ossus" (1883)


noL llke Lhe brazen glanL of Creek fame,
WlLh conquerlng llmbs asLrlde from land Lo land,
Pere aL our sea-washed, sunseL gaLes shall sLand
A mlghLy woman wlLh a Lorch, whose flame
ls Lhe lmprlsoned llghLnlng, and her name
MoLher of Lxlles. lrom her beacon-hand
Clows world-wlde welcome, her mlld eyes command
1he alr-brldged harbor LhaL Lwln clLles frame.
"keep, anclenL lands, your sLorled pomp!" crles she
WlLh sllenL llps. "Clve me your Llred, your poor,
?our huddled masses yearnlng Lo breaLhe free,
1he wreLched refuse of your Leemlng shore.
Send Lhese, Lhe homeless, LempesL-LosL Lo me,
l llfL my lamp beslde Lhe golden door!"
shameless
persons banlshed from Lhelr naLlve land
celebraLed magnlflcence
garbage
vlolenL wlndsLorm

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