The New Colossus

by Emma Lazarus (1883) — a poem card from Justes Mots

The lamp lifted beside the golden door — a mother's welcome carved in bronze for everyone beginning again.

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
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Themes: new-chapter · encouragement