The New Colossus
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 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!"
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO!
TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
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