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Emma Lazarus: His cup is...

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His cup is gall, his meat is tears,
His passion lasts a thousand years.

Source: Crowing of the Red Cock, 1881.
-- Emma Lazarus, (Jul 22 1849-1887), US poet; She was a spokesperson for Judaism who is best known for New Colossus which is inscribed on the base of Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.


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