 By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined...  Select Essays and Poems - Page 73by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...embattled fanners stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept ; 'T is the clime of the East ; \ is the knd of the...such deeds as his children have done ? 0, wild as the Iwnk, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone ; That memory may their deed redeem, When,... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...embattled farmer stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. " The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps ; And Time the ruined...by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone ; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. "Spirit that made these... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...farmers stood, And fired the shot heard rouud the world. • The foe long since in silence slept ; That memory may their deed redeem, When, liko our sires, our sous are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...stream which seaward creeps. " On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone ; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. " Spirit that made these heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round tlie world. 388 The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps ; And Time the ruined...by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone, That memory may their deed redeem. When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...eintuttled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept: Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And time the ruined...by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept, Alike the conqueror silent sleeps, And time the ruined...creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to day a votive stone ; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard rouud the world. The foe long since in silence slept ; " — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, tho dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps ; And Time the ruined...by this soft stream, "We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
 | 1883 - 82 pages
...embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined...by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
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