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
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - Literary Collections - 2003 - 770 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...this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive2 stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit,... | |
| Lawrence Buell - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 420 pages
...bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. THE MAKING OF A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL SJ 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 those... | |
| John Hollander - Juvenile Nonfiction - 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... | |
| Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 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... | |
| Mary Mostert - Political Science - 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Literary Collections - 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... | |
| Jonathan Foreman - History - 2005 - 112 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 bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We place with joy a votive stone, That... | |
| Lorrie Goldensohn - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 460 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... | |
| Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 261 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... | |
| Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 262 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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