The New Colossus

So long as they support Brexit and its agenda, they can authentically understand themselves to be underdogs fighting the good fight, poetically so.

The Left Behind could have been lifted straight from Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus, 1883, which was written to raise funds for the installation of the Statue of Liberty.

It's where we get that famous image of the huddled masses.

And this is the poem.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land, here at our sea-washed sunset gate 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 worldwide welcome, her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbour of a twin city's frame.

I'm struck by a point you made earlier, that one of the reasons we turn to the intellectuals of the past is to draw courage from the ways in which they confronted the contradictions of their own time.

I find this useful framing as it helps to illuminate our commitment to art and literature, a shared sense that political struggle in the most ruthlessly material terms cannot be waged without some concern with aesthetics and narrative.

So we used the same prompt.

We were really inspired by the, um, poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty by Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus.

Okay.

And we designed a collaboration in two different styles.

From solemn oaths such as the Pledge of Allegiance and the Oath of Allegiance, which one must take to become a citizen, to the more informal tradition of singing the Star-Spangled Banner before sporting events, spoken expressions have always been an important part of American civic life.

as you will learn in this section these songs and poems often came from a writer's personal interpretation of america's ideals as with the story of emma lazarus and the new colossus the values and history of the united states are also expressed through visual symbols such as the great seal of the united states and the flag of the united states of america Around the world, these two emblems are used to symbolize our solidarity as a nation.

The following section will introduce you to the history and meaning behind some of our most important patriotic anthems and symbols.

The Star-Spangled Banner 1814 by Francis Scott Key The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States.

O beautiful, for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears.

America, America, God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

THE NEW COLOSSUS by Emma Lazarus, 1883 As part of an auction held in 1883 to raise funds for a pedestal to be placed beneath the Statue of Liberty, which was a gift to America from France as part of the centennial celebration of 1876, Emma Lazarus wrote The New Colossus.

Her poem spoke to the millions of immigrants who came to America in search of freedom and opportunity.

and all trades, their gear and tackle and trim, all things counter, original, spare, strange, whatever is fickle, freckled, who knows how, with swift, slow, sweet, sour, a dazzle, dim, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change.

Praise him! End of two poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Read for LibriVox.org by Bob Gonzalez 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 harbour That twin cities frame.

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp, Cries she with silent lips.

Nor ever shall his shadow lift or move, while mourns one ardent heart, one poet brain, for vanished Hellas and Hebraic pain.

By Emma Lazarus Emma Lazarus's most famous poem, The New Colossus, immortalizes the Statue of Liberty.

In this poem she writes of the Venus de Milo in the Louvre.

Thank you for listening, poetry lover.

With its own crown of solar rays and upraised torch, the Statue of Liberty, the original name for which was Liberty Enlightening the World, signifies occultly the light-bearer, Lucifer, the Illuminati's savior...

Worth noting is the title of the sonnet by Emma Lazarus mounted inside the Statue of Liberty called The New Colossus.

And if you look, it's on a plaque mounted inside there.

And certainly it does make allusions back to the Colossus of Rhodes.