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In Morte. XLIII.

By Emma Lazarus

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Yon nightingale who mourns so plaintively     Perchance his fledglings or his darling mate,     Fills sky and earth with sweetness, warbling late,     Prophetic notes of melting melody.     All night, he, as it were, companions me,     Reminding me of my so cruel fate,     Mourning no other grief save mine own state,     Who knew not Death reigned o'er divinity.     How easy 't is to dupe the soul secure!     Those two fair lamps, even than the sun more bright,     Who ever dreamed to see turn clay obscure?     But Fortune has ordained, I now am sure,     That I, midst lifelong tears, should learn aright,     Naught here can make us happy, or endure.

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Emma Lazarus

About Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) was an American poet best known for "The New Colossus," whose lines "Give me your tired, your poor" are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. She was an early advocate for Jewish refugees and anti-Semitism awareness.

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