• Lift up your eyes upon This day breaking for you. Give birth again To the dream. Women, children, men, Take it into the palms of your hands. Mold it into the shape of your most Private need. Sculpt it into The image of your most public self. Lift up your hearts Each new hour holds new chances For a new beginning.

    Maya Angelou: Lift up your eyes upon 
 This day breaking for you. 
 Give birth again 
 To the dream. 
 Women, children, men, 
 Take it into the palms of your hands. 
 Mold it into the shape of your most 
 Private need. Sculpt it into 
 The image of your most public self. 
 Lift up your hearts 
 Each new hour holds new chances 
 For a new beginning.
    Poem at 1992 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered 21 January 1993