The Poetical Works of Emma Lazarus

The poems of Emma Lazarus contributed towards shaping the self-image of the United States as well as how the country understands the needs of those who emigrate to the United States. Her themes produced sensitivity and enduring lessons regarding immigrants and their need for dignity. This edition of poems is divided in two volumes, first one being Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic, while second one contains Jewish Poems and Translations. Table of Contents: Volume 1 - Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic Emma Lazzarus, a Biography 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 Soring 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 Volume 2 - Jewish Poems and Translations 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 The Birth of Man Raschi in Pregue The Death of Raschi An Epistle By the Waters of Babylon To Carmen Sylva The Dance to Death Translations from the Hebrew Poets of Medaeval Spain To a Detractor Fragment Stanzas Wine and Grief Moses Ben Esra (About 1100) In the Night From the 'Divan' Love Song of Alcharisi Nachum A Translation and Two Imitations Translations from Petrarch In Morte II. - On the Death of Cardinal Translations from Alfred de Musset Notes to 'Epistle' of Joshua Ibn Vives of Allorqui