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!
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Inscription on the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
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Original Citation
Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Statue of Liberty published catalog. c. 1883, I. 10.
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Current Citation
Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems, edited by John Hollander. Library of America, 2005, I. 10.
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