I love this poem

[gLing]

“The New Colossus” 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!”

 

[Joey]

That was nice... where did you get this one from?

 

[gLing]

That was nice... where did you get this one from?

It's the poem that is displayed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

 

[debbie t]

wow ,fantabbydozy gina..i never knew that was there.

 

[gLing]

wow ,fantabbydozy gina..i never knew that was there.

It's ironic we have that up yet we are trying to keep out the very people that the poem is referring to.

 

[Elle]

Awesome, thanks for posting!

 

[Zorak]

I actually don't like this poem, I think it's a bit egotistical.

Not like the Collosus of Rhodes? it just seems a poem to me saying this empire that the statue represents is better than any empire that preceded it.

 

[Dana]

Its A Great Piece Of Work