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" It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. 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... "
The poetical works of Henry W. Longfellow, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M ... - Page 298
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870
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The Spy, Volumes 2-4

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...
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The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow, Volume 3

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...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

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...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

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...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

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...
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Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools, Volume 10

1864 - 568 pages
...dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. The rest of the story we all know. The poem concludes thus : So through the night rode Paul Revere : And so through...Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance arid not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo for evermore...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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...
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Tales of a Wayside Inn

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...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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...
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Analytical Fifth-[sixth] Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on 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...
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