 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 93by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 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... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 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 today, a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those... | |
 | John Hollander - 2004 - 64 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 today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made these... | |
 | Nina P. Huff - 2004 - 212 pages
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 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 264 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 today a votive stone; That memory may their dead redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. 5 Spirit, that made those... | |
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