The American poet Emma Lazarus wrote a Sonnet called "The New Colossus" in 1883 to help raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal. The poem reads:
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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free
On a tablet inside the pedestal is engraved the following sonnet, written by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887): = 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 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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming short.
JULY
IV
MDCCLXXVI
"JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (July 4, 1776)
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WEll, there is the Empire State Building (but that's not really a STATUE) so a big statue in New York would definitely have to be the famous Statue Of Liberty!! lildancer99<33
Michael Grumet has written: 'Images of Liberty' -- subject(s): Modern Art, Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.), Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) in art
Liberty island is home to the Statue Of Liberty.
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The statue is also know as "lady liberty" but no other name as such.
Laurent Causel has written: 'Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty'