Excerpt from The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Vol. 2 of 2 Not while the snow-shroud round dead earth' is. Rolled, And naked branches point to frozen skies, When orchards burn their lamps of fiery gold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Emma Lazarus was an American Jewish poet born in New York City.
She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its lines appear on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty placed in 1903. The sonnet was written for and donated to an auction, conducted by the "Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty" to raise funds to build the pedestal.
I am truly enjoying the poetry of Emma Lazarus. I pick it and read it from time to time. her style is classical. her words are beautifully chosen. one of my favorite lines:
"In two divided streams the exiles part, one rolling homeward to its ancient source. one rushing sunward with fresh will, new heart. By each the truth is spread, the law unfurled. Each seperate soul contains the nation's force. And both embrace the world."