This etext was produced by Douglas E. Levy. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: As a convenience to the reader I have included in this volume the biographical sketch of Emma Lazarus which originally appeared only in Vol. I. of these works. Further, the sketch contains references to passages contained in this volume. –D.L. THE POEMS of EMMA LAZARUS
The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Vol.I, Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic by Emma Lazarus
This etext was produced by Douglas E. Levy. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: “Sunrise” is an elegy to James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, who died on September 19, 1881, from a gunshot wound received in an assassination attempt in July of that year. “The New Colossus” is engraved on the pedestal of the Statue