'Paul Revere’s Ride,' by Longfellow: "On the 18th of April in Seventy Five ... "

poets.org ^ | 1860 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[rintintin]

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,— One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”

[jimfree]

We are demonstrating in Annapolis tomorrow. Noticed the specialness of the date after we had scheduled it.

[broken_clock]

Yes, Happy Patriots Day!

[dp0622]

Thank God they didn’t give his job to me.

They would have said where’s Paul?

He started riding west and never came back!! :)

[Prolixus]

Thanks!

I haven’t checked but I assume the re-enactments of the battles of Lexington and Concord are tabled this year.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[Beowulf9]

[Jane Long]

How wonderful.

Post pics, if you can.

[Beowulf9]

[kalee]

Bttt

[Equine1952]

Eventually you would have hit CA and then turned around and went back at least part way.

[Jane Long]

[Jane Long]

:-)

[Jane Long]

The American Revolution then began on April 19th.

[Beowulf9]

[sanjuanbob]

My several grandfathers removed rode with Paul Revere on the midnight run. I remember as a small child my grandmother Dawes telling me the story.

[rintintin]

Are you related to Coolidge’s VP?

[Beowulf9]

A hurry of hoofs in a village-street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night;

[Beowulf9]

It was twelve by the village clock When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer’s dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog, That rises when the sun goes down.

[Big Red Badger]

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