 | Francis Henry Underwood - Authors, American - 1882 - 392 pages
...modern poets are prophets also. What insight was it which made him, in January, 1861, rouse us with " Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere," when all unconsciously we stood so near another and bloodier Lexington ? Philanthropy of the purest,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - 1882 - 398 pages
...modern poets are prophets also. What insight was it which made him, in January, 1861, rouse us with " Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere," when all unconsciously we stood so near another and bloodier Lexington? Philanthropy of the purest,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...Finding excuse of no avail, Yielded ; and tbus the story ran. THE LANDLORD'S TALE. . PAUL REVERE'S RIDE. LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...If the British march By land or sea from the town to-nirht. Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Cburch tower as a signal light.— One,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1883 - 550 pages
...Finding excuse of no avail, Yielded ; and thus the story ran. THE LANDLORD'S TALE. PACL REVERE'S RIDE. LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...and year. He said to his friend, " If the British mareh By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry areh Uf the North Chureh... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 398 pages
...French Huguenot descent. Revere was an engraver, and engraved the plates for the Continental money. I. Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. n. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - Legends - 1884 - 500 pages
...Revere impatiently watching for the signal-light to appear. lievere was the signal. PAUL EEVERE'S HIDE. LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, — One, if by... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poetry - 1883 - 544 pages
...Finding excuse of no avail, Yielded ; and thus the story ran. THE LANDLORD'S TALE. PAUL REVERE'S RIDE. LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive 'Who remembers that famous day and year. One, if by land, and two, if by sea ; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 396 pages
...French Huguenot descent. Revere was an engraver, and engraved the plates for the Continental money. L Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. n. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers (Elementary) - 1883 - 394 pages
...French Huguenot descent. Revere was an engraver, and engraved the plates for the Continental money. I. Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. n. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern... | |
 | Delia Wood Lyman - Chronology - 1883 - 754 pages
...cannot brook delay, The good can well afford to wait." FRIDAY April 18 Paul Revere's Ride, 1775. " Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight...Revere, On the eighteenth of April in Seventy-five. On the day before the Revolution began, with the battle of Lexington, the Americans learned that the... | |
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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. 
