July 2024 Poem


Poetry in large letters surrounded by books and a typewriter

POETRY CORNER

Patriotic Music of John Philip Sousa 

 

Sousa's Patriotic Music | A Capitol Fourth | PBS

Vintage sound recordings of Sousa’s favorite compositions remain available in digital form starting with The Stars and Stripes Forever

 

The New Colossus

By Emma Lazarus 1849 – 1887

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!”

 

This poem is in the public domain.

 

Emma Lazarus: “The New Colossus” by Austin Allen