Her beacon-hand beckons
text by Caroline Shaw, responding to the 1883 sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, which was mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903

Her beacon-hand beckons:
give
give to me
those yearning to breathe free
tempest-tossed they cannot see
what lies beyond the olive tree
whose branch was lost amid the pleas
for mercy, mercy
give
give to me
your tired fighters fleeing flying
from the
from the
from
let them
i will be your refuge
i will be your refuge
i will be
i will be
we will be
we will

Raw Heart

The sun is warm, the horizon soft and vague. The air is cool. She sends out her raw heart.
Circling rings expand with light.
She feels open and sore as she stands before the light, the Great Spirit, the essence, the mystery.
Legs and feet tingle as she stretches tall. Pine-filled air, rhythm of prayer, slightly swaying.
As she stretches, heat rises. When she stands her full height, the world goes mute. She encompasses everything.

— Excerpts from The Long-Shining Waters © Danielle Sosin, 2011

Still wie die Nacht

Still wie die Nacht
As quiet as the night

und tief wie das Meer,
and deep as the sea,

soll deine Liebe sein!
your love should be!

Wenn du mich liebst,
If you love me

so wie ich dich,
the same as I love you,

will ich dein eigen sein.
I want to be yours.

Heiß wie der Stahl
As hot as steel

und fest wie der Stein
and as firm as a rock,

soll deine Liebe sein!
your love should be!

Ophelia

There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
That shows its hoar leaves in the glassy stream;
There with fantastic garlands did she come
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
There, on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds
Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke;
When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like a while they bore her up:
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes,
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element: but long it could not be
(Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
You promised me to wed.)
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull’d the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death.
Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
And therefore I forbid my tears.

Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord

Oh, the king cried,
Oh, Daniel, Daniel, oh!
That Hebrew Daniel,
Servant of the Lord.

Among the Hebrew nation,
One Hebrew Daniel was found
They put him in the lion's den
He stayed there all night long.

Now the King in his sleep was troubled
And early in the morning he rose
To find God sent His angels down
To lock the Lion's jaws.

Oh, the king cried,
Oh, Daniel, Daniel, oh!
That Hebrew Daniel,
Servant of the Lord

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