What is written on the plaque's of the statue of liberty?

Answer 1

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "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!"

Answer 2

The Statue of Liberty bears a number of plaques and tablets. The most famous is the bronze tablet with the poem 'The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus presented in 1903, which has been housed in the Statue of Liberty Museum in the base, since the Statue's renovation in 1986.

The New Colossus

by Emma Lazarus 1883

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame,

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "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-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Answer 3

The New Colossus a Sonnet by Emma Lazarus appears on a bronze plaque.

Answer 4

The torch is a symbol of enlightenment

Answer 5

Emma Lazarus