 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...  Complete Works - Page 139by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Concord (Mass.) - 1876 - 206 pages
...hammered, across the middle of which, in incised and bronzed letters, are these lines of Emerson : — BY THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT ARCHED THE FLOOD THEIR FLAG TO...STOOD AND FIRED THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. The rear face is similar to the front, and on the panel in high relief the inscription : — ' I775 NINETEENTH... | |
 | Concord (Mass.) - 1876 - 208 pages
...hammered, across the middle of which, in incised and bronzed letters, are these lines of Emerson : — BY THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT ARCHED THE FLOOD THEIR FLAG TO...STOOD AND FIRED THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD. The rear face is similar to the front, and on the panel in high relief the inscription : — I775 NINETEENTH... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1876 - 356 pages
...were examining this sacred Spot, and who could not help recalling the oft-repeated stanza : — "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 : " was the fact of the presence of the author of the immortal... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...shore. WILLIAM CULLEN BRVANT. HYMN: SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONCORD MONUMENT, APRIL. 19. 1836. BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the cmlwttlcd fanners stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept... | |
 | Stephen Bromley McCracken - 1876 - 714 pages
...which the most memorable was the following hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson : By the rude bridge that spans the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. 10 The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...shore. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. HYMN: SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONCORD MONUMENT, APRIL. 19, 1836. BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here oucc the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 292 pages
...river, hill, stems, foliage are obscure, Yet envies none, none are unenviable." Ralph Waldo Emerson. BY the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone ; That memory may their... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 638 pages
...The river, hill, stems, foliage are obscure, Yet envies none, none are unenviable." CONCORD FIGHT. BY the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone ; That memory may their... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1879 - 286 pages
...also delivered at its dedication the famous poem, which cannot be too often quoted : " By the wide bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's...Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone j That memory... | |
 | 1879 - 604 pages
...who was present at the time of the conflict:— " By the rude bridge that aicbcd the flood, Their Hag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled...stood, And fired the shot heard round the world." The other scene is Mount Vernon, the unadorned yet spacious wooden mansion where Washington spent his latest... | |
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