The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume II: Jewish Poems and Translations: 2

✍ Scribed by Lazarus, Emma

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 103 KB
• Edition: Dover Thrift Editions
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0486799891

✦ Synopsis

New York City-based poet Emma Lazarus (1849-87) is best known for The New Colossus, which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement. This two-volume edition of The Poems of Emma Lazarus marks the work's first major reappearance since its last printing in 1900. Volume II features verse with historic Jewish themes as well as translations of eleventh-century Hebrew poetry and works by Heinrich Heine, Petrarch, and Alfred de Musset. Selections include The New Ezekiel, The Feast of Lights, 1492, By the Waters of Babylon: Little Poems in Prose, Longing for Jerusalem, and many other poems. Volume I, available separately, features epochs, sonnets, and naturalist poems as well as the celebrated The New Colossus.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; The New Year; The Crowing of The Red Cock; In Exile; In Memoriam-Rev. J.J. Lyons; The Valley of Baca; The Banner of The Jew; The Guardian of The Red Disk; The New Ezekiel; The Choice; The World'S Justice; The Supreme Sacrifice; The Feast of Lights; Gifts; Bar Kochba; 1492; The Birth of Man; Raschi In Prague; The Death of Raschi; An Epistle; By The Waters of Babylon: Little Poems In Prose; I. The Exodus; II. Treasures; III. The Sower; IV. The Test; V. Currents; VI. The Prophet; VII. Chrysalis; To Carmen Sylva; The Dance To Death; Translations.