Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Concord (Musketaquid), Mass. | | Concord Fight | | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| | Hymn Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836 |
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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. | |
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| The foe long since in silence slept; | 5 |
| Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; | |
| And Time the ruined bridge has swept | |
| Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. | |
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| On this green bank, by this soft stream, | |
| We set to-day a votive stone; | 10 |
| That memory may their deed redeem, | |
| When, like our sires, our sons are gone. | |
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| Spirit, that made those heroes dare | |
| To die, and leave their children free, | |
| Bid Time and Nature gently spare | 15 |
| The shaft we raise to them and Thee. | | | |
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