THE POEMS of EMMA LAZARUS
in Two Volumes
VOL. I.
Narrative, Lyric, and dramatic
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 of Liberty.
CONTENTS
[ EMMA LAZARUS. (Written for "The Century Magazine") ]
[ ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON. ]
[ FROM ONE AUGUR TO ANOTHER. ]
THE SPAGNOLETTO: A Play in Five Acts.
Publisher's note: Thanks are due to the Editors of "The Century,"
Lippincott's Magazine, and "The Critic," for their courtesy in
allowing the poems published by them to be reprinted in these
pages.