Lady Liberty
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
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-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Over the centuries they have created myths, that somehow stayed in our imagination for eternity. Symbols of hope for millions of people around the world who yearn for their freedom and a better life. Best example is the great emigration to the USA, people who came from all over the world to the promised land. When the USA reached the port of New York, envisioned the greatest symbol of the American dream, the Statue of Liberty or Lady Liberty. The statue is on Liberty Island, near the port of New York. Designed and built by the Alsatian sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), inspired by the model of his own mother. For the metal construction, Bartholdi had the help of Gustave Eiffel (the same who designed the Eiffel Tower). It was a gift from Napoleon III to the USA for having won the battle to the UK. After the Americans have built the foundation on 28 October 1886 and the Statue of Liberty was being conpleto. The famous sonnet of Emma Lazarus "New Colossus" was written in 1883. But it was first copy Bartholdi made a first copy in a smaller scale, this time they are exposed in the garden of Luxenbourg in Paris. It has a Roman symbolism, with angelic face (face serene), clothes, sandals and the perfect shape. All its splendor is reminiscent of Greek mythology, with all the meaning against tyranny and human evil. The Keystone in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the United States Declaration of Independence, in Roman numerals, July IV, MDCCLXXVI. The Statue of Liberty opened in 1986. The original torch was changed in 1986 and is in the museum on display. "Come to me the masses exhausted, confused and poor yearning to breathe free. Come to me, the homeless, those in the storm. I guide with my torch. "
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
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-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Over the centuries they have created myths, that somehow stayed in our imagination for eternity. Symbols of hope for millions of people around the world who yearn for their freedom and a better life. Best example is the great emigration to the USA, people who came from all over the world to the promised land. When the USA reached the port of New York, envisioned the greatest symbol of the American dream, the Statue of Liberty or Lady Liberty. The statue is on Liberty Island, near the port of New York. Designed and built by the Alsatian sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), inspired by the model of his own mother. For the metal construction, Bartholdi had the help of Gustave Eiffel (the same who designed the Eiffel Tower). It was a gift from Napoleon III to the USA for having won the battle to the UK. After the Americans have built the foundation on 28 October 1886 and the Statue of Liberty was being conpleto. The famous sonnet of Emma Lazarus "New Colossus" was written in 1883. But it was first copy Bartholdi made a first copy in a smaller scale, this time they are exposed in the garden of Luxenbourg in Paris. It has a Roman symbolism, with angelic face (face serene), clothes, sandals and the perfect shape. All its splendor is reminiscent of Greek mythology, with all the meaning against tyranny and human evil. The Keystone in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the United States Declaration of Independence, in Roman numerals, July IV, MDCCLXXVI. The Statue of Liberty opened in 1986. The original torch was changed in 1986 and is in the museum on display. "Come to me the masses exhausted, confused and poor yearning to breathe free. Come to me, the homeless, those in the storm. I guide with my torch. "
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