 He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would...  Poetical Works - Page 298by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 753 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1912 - 350 pages
...; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Graze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night- wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pages
...have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, Prom behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 pages
...would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 pages
...the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. Sfc- through the night rode Paul Eevere ; And so through the night went his. cry of alarm To...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, tojhfijast, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...them hall for hall, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the Inne, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo fore vermore ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 182 pages
...the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 3 17 He has left the village and mounted the steep, And...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...would be first to fall. Who that day would he lying dead, Pierced hv a British musket-ball. •• ' -" Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...musket-ball. 13. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and fled,— 14. So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forever more! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...13. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and fled, — 14. So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through...darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forever more ! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the... | |
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