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# The New Colossus
- URL: https://nathanleegreen.com/the-new-colossus/
- Published: 2009-10-22T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-22T04:00:00.000Z
- Author: Nate Green
- Tags: #Import 2024-01-17 02:37

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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-tossed to me,   
 I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

**by Emma Lazarus, photo by [ajagendorf25](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajagendorf25/?ref=nathanleegreen.com) (via Flickr)**