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-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Emma Lazarus
I Lift My Lamp
Topic: Justice, Vision, & Leadership
“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-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
American Civil Religion
The New Colossus
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 1054 [Emma Lazarus].
Emma Lazarus
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Emma Lazarus
This poem (excerpt), from the “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus (1883) is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty, which has stood in New York harbor and welcomed millions of immigrants to America.