Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American poet born in New York City.
She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its lines appear on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty placed in 1903.
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“Still on Israel’s head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.”
—Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)