The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus

[@luftwaffle7780]

Its better read this way, low and slow and soft. The Lady isn't a warrior, she does not shout or rant or rave. She holds aloft her torch, and gently guides ships in. She does not smash invaders, she does not defend our shores, so why does every other reading of this poem on KZbin insist on being loud and furious? Why do they insist on being read fast and angrily? This is a soft poem, a slow poem, she is a warm light not a harsh flame.

[@PantsOnTheCeiling]

There are some exclamation marks in the poem that would indicate the woman is shouting or saying something with passion. But to each their own. This is rather relaxing.

[@sheller153]

It’s a soft, beautiful poem that lends itself nicely to being shouted into the faces of pompous old men drunk with power. It’s just that it’s hard for people to see the strength that often lies beneath softness.

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" *cries she with silent lips*

[@SVOkid86]

I can't explain why, but I always choke up and have a hard time holding back the tears when I hear this.

[@poojawhatisthisbehaviour5562]

Me too. Thought I was the only one.

[@hassanshoucair2210]

It's so beautiful, this is the America we all love. We are facing difficult times in politics, but we can still achieve this America!

[@JaimeMesChiens]

Now, imagine trump concentration camps, little children in cages, sacred mothers being told to drink out of toilets, whilst separated from their crying children. This is what trump has done to our nation. He must be stopped before the United States knows no liberty, but succumbs to dictatorship, being destroyed by an intellectually-impaired madman and his criminal family.

[@poojawhatisthisbehaviour5562]

@@JaimeMesChiens exactly, Trump has destroyed everything America is supposed to stand for. He is a coward. An authoritarian

[@Poh_Tato]

Brought tears to my eyes. I love this country.

[@pradohealey3000]

My family came here as exiles. The promise of America can not be lost. We well lift the light beside the golden door. All are welcome in My America...

[@cesarrivero209]

My parents are Hispanic immigrants who came here seeking a better life. This country has been good to us. I fucking love this country

[@Purgetorial]

+Cesar Rivero Glad to have you in america, have a great life. :)

[@Helenasbiography]

same my parents and I are immigrant seeking for a better life just like u

[@piepiedog1]

My Polish ancestors came here through Ellis Island during a time where many immigrants were coming over from eastern Europe (~1880-1920). I grew up in south Florida, many of my friends children of immigrants from Cuba, India, and Vietnam, and I loved to listen to their stories of the difficulties they faced to come here. Then in college most of my friends were immigrants (and children of immigrants) from China and Korea -- who inspired me to visit both countries, and they quickly became my favorite places on Earth (besides my homeland of course). Whether the US is the greatest country is subjective, and I don't identify with the American exceptionalism idea. But personally I love this country, because you can come from anywhere or from any group of people and become an American in every sense. And if you see problems with the nation (and there are plenty), there is nothing to stop you from helping to fix them. Plus, you get to enjoy nearly all of the world's cultures from everyone else who has come here. As the nation's motto goes, "out of many, one." I don't know how it has been able to work over the centuries, but I hope it continues to, and I hope we continue to be a safe haven for immigrants for many centuries more.

[@crazydave911]

My great grandfather was on one of the first ships to see her, such a great lady!

[@majapapaja187]

your grandfather was a ship?

[@crazydave911]

He was ON the ship passing by after the scaffolding had been removed

[@peacemaker63604]

My grandmother fled from Poland maybe a month or two before the nazis invaded and came here, I imagine that statue to be a symbol of hope and freedom and safety.

[@1516phoebe]

I feel like this is what America was and could be again.

[@Purgetorial]

+Kellan grey Indeed.

[@chooshchoosh]

Oh yeah 1883, that America, where KKK membership hit 10,000,000 and unruly black fellows were lynched frequently and without consequence. But alas, times change, lament away.

[@1110-s1t]

@@Ken2234 DR3 arguments are useless. The USA was for Europeans, the poem is in English, if people don't want to live around Europeans, and speak English, and leave your non European cultures at the door. You're not who that poem is talking to.

[@poojawhatisthisbehaviour5562]

@@1110-s1t you disgust me.

[@1110-s1t]

@@poojawhatisthisbehaviour5562 good. Disgust is the basis for social conservatism. Give in to it.

[@theresabowser2053]

Beautiful...my grandparents came through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. This poem holds such a loving place in my heart. I keep a poster of Ellis Island in my classroom window. I teach special needs children and I try to give them a safe haven. My personal version of Ellis Island.

[@OdinHyrule]

Does anyone else cry when they hear this beautiful poem of what this great nation promises?

[@rickyhunt4075]

@@JaimeMesChiens It's always been a lie

[@p0613v]

Yes .. proud .

[@JeffMoche]

It kills me!

[@Drawingodds]

I kinda did.

[@thiaguinhooitodois2211]

I did. This is what this nation is about

[@mitchellline4242]

Cries a single tear for the America there once was. The one for all people no matter who they were.

[@mayito9100]

WOW. This poem is so touching. I couldn't help to stop tears from my eyes. As an inmigrant my self, I feel this country is wonderfull and I work hard every day to make it better. Even when it feels some times America is loosing it's heart and soul, I still believe in it. It breaks my heart to see so much hate from a few. This is the time for us to embrace, respect, accept and love each other. John 13:34-35

[@mr.meowgi9876]

We need this now more than ever

[@maleka3423]

mr. meowgi absolutely

[@The_Viscount]

As an American born abroad, this means so much to me. It hurts so much that so many seek to abandon this vision.

[@mr.deedsgoestotown6155]

It's forgotten that much of what this country is today is owing to the immigrants who built this country. I join with the many who when reading this eloquent poem are touched to the point of tears. We should remember to keep vigilant so that those who would try to renege on the promise of a safe refuge cannot

[@davidw3534]

I come here every Fourth of July. This is the greatness of the United States for me. We rarely live up to these ideals but sometimes we do. And that is something to make me proud of as an American; and to inspire me to fight for.

[@dasfsadg]

This is what I want people to think when they hear "America"

[@gamerzero7735]

I think this, and I still think, "The land of the free."

[@EdAlk]

And it is also thought of war, environmental destruction and exploitation. Freedom, yes, for us ...

[@beejohn1016]

I will ALWAYS think of America this way ....I want to believe it ...I'm sad because we truly haven't lived up to it ....:'(

[@Zerozed0]

Me too

[@mckaylamyers6383]

Me three

[@JJJinks]

This poem speaks to a truly great America that can be. I am not an exile here, but I want them to come here and for this poem's message to fulfill its promise. That unabashed compassionate liberty is the kind of patriotism that I want to feel.

[@pupil8]

the tone of the poem seems so motherly and loving

[@kevinmcmahon3912]

This is probably my favorite poem. It's so much better when you hear it slowly, all the way through, rather than just slopping on the last bit about the "tired, hungry, and poor." The music and imagery used in the video make it even more powerful. Well done.

[@wolfganglenhard4631]

Such a powerfull poem, beautifully interpreted here. I hope, that some day, the US will again live up to their own ideals. To all people in the world who cherish human rights, empathy, cooperation and courtesy: Keep up working for your ideals.

[@jking7817]

what a wonderful voice.

[@scaper8]

And this, a nation built from the unwashed and unwanted all pooling our strengths and our uniqueness, is what truly makes America great.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

There is a purity to these words, that I feel we no longer know.

[@neonbleached5685]

It's so hard navigating the process to immigrate even for me with family in the US and good education, impossible for those this poem calls for. I don't know if I'm foolish to want so badly to be an American with the country a shadow of its shining immigrant past. Perhaps I have no new world to go to, but alas this poem and the beauty of the American dream shall forever remain in my mind.

[@killablase591]

this helped me memorise it so much I watched it twice and I can now say it off-by-heart!!!!!

[@stevengallagher4342]

I live in Australia and I'm going through covid and this is the warmest thing I've ever herd

[@knackfor2807]

Fuckin sobbing. don’t take your beautiful nation for granted, you’re the exception, the indispensable.

[@erickzuniga3113]

Thank you for allowing me to be american 🇺🇸. I love you guys

[@canadianbacon007]

"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-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

[@everglacecoldman1392]

C'est ce que j'ai à apprendre 😒 Et ça m'fait.....

[@Drawingodds]

@@everglacecoldman1392 makes you what?

[@chancellorpalpatine4035]

This is the poem America should try to live up to. Let this be our legacy.

[@eternallylucky]

Beautiful and soulful

[@jimmyflores3459]

that was beautiful............

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

I feel very patriotic watching this and I'm from Finland :D

[@PoetryETrain]

Bravo, thank you, this has been added to a playlist...

[@Minihouseforever]

This touched my Heart. ❤🇺🇸

[@dominics.8796]

I cried listening to this...

[@andreedstrom2853]

"Captain, am I clear to fire?" "...You're clear."

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

André Edström "the new colossus", you get it?

[@farribastarfyre]

Took me a second to realize what this was. To those who don't get it, it's from a game: "Wolfenstein: The New Order." I won't spoil where in the game it is in case anyone reading this is currently playing the game, or is interested in playing it.

[@abbyalphonse499]

And now the golden door has been shut, and the "tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breath free" have been called thieves, criminals, scum, subhuman, by the people inside the gates, who have isolated them, and forgotten their original roots.

[@kristenk3238]

I understand your view and I struggle too, trust me, it is so easy to become jaded 😞but we have to remember to see the good. Look at the refugees that seek asylum here. I have hundreds in my community. They have been here for many years.They have been embraced by many and rejected by many. I assume we will be taking more in from those planes that we see heading our way and I, as many others, have volunteered to do airport pickups. I, almost selfishly, want to be a part of that experience for the families seeking refuge here. We romanticize the days of our grandparents but it wasn't all that different for the Italians, the Irish and many others when my great grandparents arrived. They were not treated well by all back then. Italians were called WOPs (I assume you know the meaning) But we just have to keep striving to represent what this country was founded upon. We have to do our part because we can only control our own actions. Our actions will influence the next person. It takes many of us to make up that light at the end of that torch for the next generations to come. Ideals are just ideas need to be tended to. I wrote that as much for me as for you. I hope I was able to remind you of the goodness that is still present. I am a teacher and I am so lucky to see it everyday in my students. I'm just hoping tp pass on what I see in them. It is a tough road for those of us that care for others and you obviously care for those that are in need of care. ❤️

[@Georgina_._Marie_._2]

Wow yall are going deep I just need to memorize this poem

[@knackfor2807]

Omg what is it with this video and me welling up immediately.

[@magmasajerk]

I came here to remind myself that there are people who still believe in these ideals. I'm glad that there are.

[@OdinHyrule]

@galvaton10000 Me too. My great grandfather came from Russia (pre-USSR) to escape discrimination (he was jewish) and search for a new life. Even though he had to convert to Christianity in order to get a job, he was still able to make a living here. It always makes me reflect on why my ancestors came here.

[@till6056]

Sehr entspannend👍🏻

[@PacificCircle1]

The sonnet does not say Syrian refugees are the exception.

[@52000rightwing]

+PacificCircle1 Well put.

[@RedVynil]

It also doesn't say, if you want to come here, don't bother to do it LEGALLY.

[@finnlewis2528]

it sound like someone wants to live in a caliphate

[@indioside376]

Sounds like someone just want's to spew nonsense. 1% taking over the nation? Jesus forgive Finn's stupid Little Thinks!

[@finnlewis2528]

constant influx + politically active + fast breeding you do the math just look at Europe

[@sean-thiago1986]

Now I know why the new Wolfenstein game is called after this poem.

[@liyawang6175]

Praise the Lord 🙏

[@SarahSchreck]

Beautiful. :)

[@eidolon1809]

I'm all misty-eyed...

[@vassililonguet6484]

J’adore j’adore merci madame cailloux

[@rangedsparrow8010]

Let's improve this country we call home!

[@uscitizenpod]

I really like this video and posted it to my blog (uscitizenpod) in honor of National Poetry Month. Keep up the great work!!

[@HappyBirthday0707]

There was a dream that was America.

[@rickyhunt4075]

We welcome people of all backgrounds, race, religion, or creed, rich or poor, America welcomes you all. I wish that was true.

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Why you think everyone is trying to get here. Only ones that don’t think America is great want everything handed to them for free. Lazy and ignorant people with weak minds and excuses are a disgrace.

[@rickyhunt4075]

@@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss Everyone isn't trying to get here only people in third world countries trying to get into a developed nation or refugees. There's not much immigration from other developed nations.

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@rickyhunt4075 Well, no shit. People living in already developed nations have less incentive to leave.

[@rickyhunt4075]

@@abbyalphonse499 Exactly people would love to get to any developed nation nothing special about the US in that regard that's my point

[@Joscat60]

God Bless America

[@05013579]

I'm not American but I wonder how African Americans feel about this poem since they came as slaves not as immigrants!

[@Potato-du5jt]

My grandmother escaped persecution in her county and came to America with nothing. She was able to build a wonderful life for herself, my parents, and myself. Today several people on our southern border come to this country looking for the same freedom, but are instead turned away, if not killed or beaten. The policies of todays Republican Party go against everything this country was supposed to stand for.

[@jaein7779]

From the 1988 Documentary "New York" by Ric Burns, brother of Ken Burns.

[@1983horizons1]

@dyad2r1 I think it was 17 years. The statue was erected in 1886 and the poem was placed there in 1903.

[@Cool_Story_Bruh]

I come here when I want to be reminded of how America could be and the values we used to hold...I can't wait to get past the Trump Administration.

[@JaimeMesChiens]

And here we are! After four-horrible years, I now again feel truly American. Born here or not. This is who we are when we are at our best. ❤️

[@ИванПетров-с5ю4к]

@@JaimeMesChiens yep we’re at our best with $5 a gallon gas and soaring inflation.

[@elizabethcobb872]

Can anyone tell me the name of the lady reading this poem? She has a stunning voice, and reads this beautifully. I would like to listen to more of her readings.

[@beejohn1016]

I'm BLACK and I'm crying son ....I LOVE Emma Lazarus and hope to meet her in heaven ....

[@beejohn1016]

@Ezekiel couldn't agree more ...now go tell those hicks to stop "sending me back to Africa " ...

[@hassanshoucair2210]

God bless America! This is the America we all should try to achieve

[@canadianbacon007]

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch this place is so quiet, sensing that storm

[@foxja1]

I was always told you could see this poem from the ground below the statue. Idk if that was the case then but you can imagine my disappointment when I went to the statue and was told in order to see the poem you had to climb to the base.

[@orangecat504]

Came here today because of the photo. This is what America should be

[@maleka3423]

I genuinely hope that one day America takes this to heart again

[@coltforceplayer]

Well boys, it’s time to return to Deathshead’s Compound

[@dbaargosy4062]

There is no breath in it

[@SVOkid86]

Am I the only one that gets really emotional hearing this? I don't know if I can ever listen to it without choking up

[@JonasS1776]

I love the guitar. Does anyone what the melody is called?

[@子烜李]

whats the background music

[@p0613v]

What happened to us? I miss our country....or what is used to be.

[@phoenixking6082]

this song songs really good who the artist

[@kaashhshay1174]

Can someone peep the name of the song in the back

[@taj____]

I want to move to USA 🇺🇲 Please do something about immigration please 🥺 i

[@glytzhkof]

See the 1903 bronze plaque located in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (scroll down): www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/colossus.htm

[@francescadixon5720]

is this video copyrighted? May I have permission to use it for an online class?

[@phoenixking6082]

can you show the artist please

[@dipayandegtyarev7177]

Wolfenstein?

[@atheistworstenemy]

liek dis if u cry ever tim

[@JonasS1776]

@PhiloAmericana Thank you :) I'm just gonna keep searching.

[@karinablacktie]

Who did the reading for this? What a beautiful speaking voice.

[@robmccausland9318]

Callie Thorne, and hers is a magnificent reading, indeed! It's from the opening minutes of Ric Burns documentary, "New York" - episode 4. More info is at thirteen.org/wnet/newyork/series/index.html

[@justamaninTN]

An ideal we fail to measure up to.

[@PhiloAmericana]

@Thedark008 I don't know the melody, I wish I could help you. I do know that this piece comes from the PBS documentary on New York, by Ken Burns' brother, Ric Burns. I believe the title of the documentary is "New York: A Documentary Film". You can find the film on KZbin. I found something similar on the soundtrack called "City of Dreams". I do hope this helps you. Good luck finding it.

[@fireflynovember]

Was looking for the same information. Commenting so that can find this later. Thanks!

[@dyad2r1]

Emma Lazarus' "Give me your tired" plaque was not part of the Statue of Liberty until seven years after the statue was received and erected.

[@dominickstewart433]

BJ Blatkovitz:

[@lanvy-n9u]

Wait guys what does this poem mean???!!

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

Hi Chris, Thanks for the impressive video. I'm an English teacher in Germany, and I was looking for a reading of that poem because we have been talking about the American Dream in class. PS If you happen to know "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare, you might want to listen to my folk rock version of that famous poem.

[@kenkirchhevel4177]

The title says it all, "The new Collosses". The greek collosses was a greek sun god (idol) and sadly it was copied quite closely. Made of brass with a torch on a 50 ft high pedastal. Just changed from a man to a woman

[@danreinbold403]

Me when someone asks my views on immigration:

[@thuderbay]

I lift my lamp not my light, otherwise the poem was recited very beautifully. I am sure Emma would have never used such words as " The wretched refuse of your teeming shores if she would be living today and considering the fact that the United States routed the indigenous populace with savagery that will haunt the European settlers and their posterities to the end of time.

[@phoenixking6082]

can you tell me the artist

[@frankys4316]

Who's voice is this ?

[@BiQueTtePoWer]

Andre maurois ?

[@seanfanacc]

Anglais première Montesquieu algrl hard work pays off juice wrld

[@Ozzie143]

The old and the weak are doomed..

[@josemarquez86]

Every time something damn eyes 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@sauvageaux]

Arise Lazarus...

[@thuderbay]

And Emma has made a grammatical mistake when she wrote teeming shore as it must be teeming shores unless she meant to say the shore of England only.

[@derrickongyh]

Who's the reader please?

[@wintercast1337]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@jvpyout]

+Derrick Ong To me it sounds like Cherise Theron, an immigrant herself, from South Africa, now a US citizen, hence African American...

[@derrickongyh]

+James Clement van Pelt Thanks. Indeed it does sound like Charlize Theron. I thought her reading conveyed the right mood for this poem.

[@krystynakowalik727]

Piekny i słynny wiersz - czy on jest w ogóle dostępny po polsku.