A Landmark History of New York: Also the Origin of Street Names and a Bibliography |
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Page 236 - 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!
Page 240 - JUST where the Treasury's marble front Looks over Wall Street's mingled nations ; Where Jews and Gentiles most are wont To throng for trade and last quotations ; Where, hour by hour, the rates of gold Outrival, in the ears of people, The quarter-chimes, serenely tolled From Trinity's undaunted steeple...
Page 116 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 236 - 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...
Page 39 - Saint Nicholas, my dear, good friend, To serve you ever was my end ; * If you me now something will give, Serve you, I will, as long as I live.
Page 227 - Reader, reflect how soon you'll quit this stage, You'll find but few attain to such an age ; Life's full of pain ; lo, here's a place of rest ; Prepare to meet your God, then you are blest.
Page 79 - With the beasts of the wood, We will ramble for food, We will lodge in wild deserts and caves, And live poor as Job, On the skirts of the globe, Before we'll submit to be slaves, brave boys ! Before we'll submit to be slaves.
Page 86 - On the common of the City of New York, near where this building now stands, there stood from 1766 to 1776 a liberty pole erected to commemorate the repeal of the Stamp Act. It was repeatedly destroyed by the violence of the Tories, and as repeatedly replaced by the Sons of Liberty, who organized a constant watch and guard. In its defense the first martyr blood of the American Revolution was shed on Jan. 18, 1770.
Page 89 - When a certain great king, whose initial is G, Shall force stamps upon paper, and folks to drink tea ; When these folks burn his tea and stampt paper, like stubble, You may guess that this king is then coming to trouble.
Page 236 - 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, 1 lift my lamp beside the golden door!