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T'was the 18th of April in 75: The midnight ride of William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, and Paul Revere
VA Viper ^ | 04/18/2016 | HarpyGoddess

Posted on 04/18/2016 9:15:34 AM PDT by harpygoddess

Paul Revere gets all of the credit, but he never actually finished that famous ride, and in fact warned the British that the Americans were coming. William Dawes and Samuel Prescott were left out of the poem and subsequently most elementary history books: it was actually Samuel Prescott who completed the midnight ride.

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When I read this comment, I figured that he was giving information that would cause problems for the British. Changes of orders, confusion, not knowing where the danger would be. Many of the heavier weapons were in village armories, not in private hands, and had to be distributed with some advance warning. Young Sybil probably grew to strength as being the oldest of all those children and a big help to mom and dad.

Regarding the poem, Paul Revere was well known as a silversmith and businessman. I had not heard of the others. Also his name fits in well with the popular Iambic Pentameter of poetry and the -vere ends on an up note of optimistic sound. Samuel Prescott does not have a good poetic rhythm, and -scott ends on a pessimistic down note. Just say the two names several times and see which one you could put more easily into a rhyming poem.


21 posted on 04/18/2016 11:56:46 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: afraidfortherepublic

While on the subject, I tried to read the book “The Fort” which is concerned with the largest US Navy defeat until Pearl Harbor. The battle took place in 1779 at Penobscot bay .

Paul Revere is depicted as a pretty much worthless Lt Col commanding the artillery.

Having no knowledge of Paul Revere beyond his ride and his silver work, I wonder how accurate the depiction is


22 posted on 04/19/2016 4:18:45 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....)
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To: bert

Bookmark


23 posted on 04/19/2016 4:40:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: SunkenCiv
True story.

One of these days it will be on Final Jeopardy.

24 posted on 04/19/2016 7:13:08 AM PDT by caddie
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To: afraidfortherepublic

No need to apologize! Thank you for the ping. :-)


25 posted on 04/19/2016 10:50:23 AM PDT by nutmeg (..and the Oscar goes to: Michelle Fields!)
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To: BigEdLB; SunkenCiv

Nah, use Occam’s Razor. The reason Longfellow used Revere instead of Dawes or Prescott is that you can’t find any words to rhyme with Dawes or Prescott.

The country—and Longfellow—wasn’t ready for free verse yet.


26 posted on 04/19/2016 12:13:23 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: wildbill

Dawes is tricky. But Prescott has rhymes


27 posted on 04/19/2016 1:01:14 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: wildbill

http://movie-sounds.org/comedy-movie-sounds/sound-clips-from-back-to-school-1986/really-well-maybe-you-can-help-me-straighten-out-my-longfellow


28 posted on 04/19/2016 3:09:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: reg45

How far we have fallen


29 posted on 04/19/2016 6:18:35 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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