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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK HARBOR Matches Found: 9 A CHILD AT THE WICKET, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A little isle: it is for some Last Line: A thing of love, a slender lute? Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts A TOURIST AT ELLIS ISLAND, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I found him, jankel olenik, Subject(s): Immigrants; Fathers; Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration AT ELLIS ISLAND, by MARGARET LIVINGSTON CHANLER ALDRICH Poem Text First Line: Across the land their long lines pass Last Line: A land to which all peoples turn. Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Jews; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sea Voyages; Travel; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Judaism; Journeys; Trips AT ELLIS ISLAND, by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS Poem Text First Line: We speak of them as but a crazy bunch Last Line: Awaiting what were idle to protest. Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Immigrants; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration ELLIS ISLAND, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How can we turn back to the ancient world Last Line: By future hordes who seek high destiny. Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; United States - Immigration & Emigtration ELLIS ISLAND, by NICHOLAS KOLUMBAN Poem Source First Line: Drains in the middle of the stone floor Last Line: Her back turned to ellis island Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Travel; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration ELLIS ISLAND, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three thousand miles of atlantic seas and a throb Last Line: "the grain of sand, the earth, the soul, our countrythe word ""god!" Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Jews; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Travel; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration; Judaism; Journeys; Trips SOURCES, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fish scales, wet newspapers, unopened cans Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Jews - United States SOURCES, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fish scales, wet newspapers, unopened cans Last Line: But not least, beloved of god. Each other Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Jews - United States |
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