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Emma Lazarus

The little and the great are joined in one
By God’s great force.  The wondrous golden sun
Is linked unto the glow-worm’s tiny spark;
The eagle soars to heaven in his flight;
And in those realms of space, all bathed in light,
Soar none except the eagle and the lark.

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From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Vol.I, Narrative, Lyric, and Dramatic

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