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Word Meanings
walketh: moves slowly on feet; o’er: over; darksome: dark and gloomy; angelic: exceptionally
innocent, kind and beautiful; lighteth: indicative form of light; dismal: causing gloom
or depression; plaintive: sad and mournful; agony: extreme mental or physical suffering;
gloom: darkness; fretful: expressing distress or irritation; coarse: harsh; profane: treat
something (sacred) with disrespect; standeth: stands hushed quiet; save: except for; arise:
get up or stand up; e’en: even; stoop: bend one’s head or body forward and downward;
content: satisfied, in a state of peaceful happiness; heroic: admirably brave and courageous,
determined; graven: engraved on a surface; noble: righteous and one with great virtues;
quivering: trembling; sainted: very virtuous; brow: forehead; flits: moves swiftly and lightly;
aye: yes; whereon: on which

ABOUT THE POET

Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) was an American author of poetry,
prose and translations. She wrote the sonnet ‘The New Colossus’
in 1883, and its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque on the
pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. She was educated privately
by tutors from an early age. She studied American and British
literature as well as several languages including French, German and Italian. She
was drawn to poetry at a very young age and wrote her first lyrics when only
eleven years old. She also wrote many collections of poems.

Read and Understand

A. Tick () the correct answers.

1. Florence Nightingale was a
a. doctor. b. nurse.

c. lab assistant. d. teacher.
2. Florence Nightingale took care of

a. the rich. b. refugees.
c. wounded soldiers. d. children.

B. Read these lines and answer the questions that follow. • Reference to context

1. She seems God’s angel weeping o’er man’s pain.

a. Who is ‘she’ in this line?
b. Whom does she appear to be like?

c. Who was in pain here?
d. Explain ‘weeping o’er man’s pain’.

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