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. Poems - Page 250by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1897 - 876 pages
...citizenship. Many will visit the old battle-field at Concord, where " By the rude bridge that arches the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmer stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." April 21, San Jacinto Anniversary, is a holiday... | |
| Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 440 pages
...the Battle Monument, July 4, 1837, incised in the panel on the front face of the pedestal : — By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...unfurled ; Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. On the rear face are simply the dates: "1775. Nineteenth of April,... | |
| John Wesley Freese - 1897 - 170 pages
...GRATITUDE TO GOD, AND IN THE LOVE OF FREEDOM, THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED, AD 1836. THE BATTLE GROUND. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive... | |
| Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 516 pages
...pedestal, the opening lines of Emerson's hymn sung at the dedication of the Battle Monument : — " By the rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Iloro once the embattled farmers stood, And flrod the ahot hoard round tho world." On the rear: "1776,... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - 1899 - 518 pages
...tablet tells us the newly springing sod was fertilized by the life-blood of the first slain foeman. " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And f,red the shot heard round the world." The ground upon which the monument stands was given to the town... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - 1899 - 534 pages
...tablet tells us the newly springing sod was fertilized by the life-blood of the first slain foeman. " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Ilere once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world." The ground upon which... | |
| Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 pages
...singing Its love song to the morn ; I've seen the dewdrop clinging To the rose just newly born. 14. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. Construct two sentences containing participles ending in "-ing;"... | |
| Joel Cook - 1900 - 700 pages
...Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, assembled in Concord, and protecting their military stores. " By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." Concord has about six thousand people, and is also famous for... | |
| Joel Cook - 1900 - 708 pages
...Congress of Massachusetts, assembled in Concord, and protecting their military stores. " By the rnde bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." Concord has about six thousand people, and is also famous for... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1900 - 262 pages
...the following : — CONCORD HYMN. SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE BATTLE MOXCMENT AriiiL 19, 1830. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled fanners stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike... | |
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