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A Degenerate Age. (Translations From The Hebrew Poets Of Medaeval Spain.)

By Emma Lazarus

Topics: classic

Where is the man who has been tried and found strong and sound?     Where is the friend of reason and of knowledge?     I see only sceptics and weaklings.     I see only prisoners in the durance of the senses,     And every fool and every spendthrift     Thinks himself as great a master as Aristotle.     Think'st thou that they have written poems?     Call'st thou that a Song?     I call it the cackling of ravens.     The zeal of the prophet must free poesy     From the embrace of wanton youths.     My song I have inscribed on the forehead of Time,     They know and hate it - for it is lofty. Solomon Ben Judah Gabirol (Died Between 1070-80.)

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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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