Transcription of “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Integration of Longfellow s Poetry into American Studies 2005 Maine Memory Network Created by Mary Moore and Dana AndersonPage 1 of 5 Paul Revere s Ride by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowListen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and said to his friend, "If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf 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 alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and to arm.
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." Then he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar
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