THE POEMS of EMMA LAZARUS
Reading edition
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")
EPOCHS.
ADMETUS.
TANNHAUSER.
MATINS.
SAINT ROMUALDO.
AFTERNOON.
PHANTASIES.
ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON.
ARABESQUE.
AGAMEMNON'S TOMB.
SIC SEMPER LIBERATORIBUS!
DON RAFAEL.
OFF ROUGH POINT.
MATER AMABILIS.
FOG.
THE ELIXIR.
SONG.
SPRING LONGING.
THE SOUTH.
SPRING STAR.
A JUNE NIGHT.
MAGNETISM.
AUGUST MOON.
SUNRISE.
A MASQUE OF VENICE.
AUTUMN SADNESS.
SONNETS.
SYMPHONIC STUDIES.
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
DESTINY.
FROM ONE AUGUR TO ANOTHER.
THE CRANES OF IBYCUS.
CRITIC AND POET.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL.
LIFE AND ART.
SYMPATHY.
YOUTH AND DEATH.
AGE AND DEATH.
CITY VISIONS.
INFLUENCE.
RESTLESSNESS.*
THE SPAGNOLETTO.
ACT. I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ACT V.
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.