LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from... Poetical Works - Seite 235von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Melvin Joseph DeGeeter - 2004 - 726 Seiten
...highly creative work containing essentially the same facts about Paul Revere's ride. Consider this: Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hold a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, One, if by land,... | |
| Jennifer Prior - 2004 - 194 Seiten
...Paul Revere Listen, listen (softer) Full Text of "Paul Revere's Ride By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "lf the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch... | |
| Don Donaldson - 2004 - 360 Seiten
...made his famous ride." Then Don quoted the beginning stanza of Longfellow's poem, Paul Revere 's Ride: Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Dan never did learn those few lines, but ever after when Dan told anyone his date of birth, he explained... | |
| John Perkins - 2004 - 430 Seiten
...least in New England, instilled in me by my Revolutionary Warminded parents and by Longfellow's poem: Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. This year, Good Friday happened to fall on the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride. Seeing that date... | |
| Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - 2005 - 112 Seiten
...Listen, listen, listen Listen my children and you shall hear One if by land, two if by sea Reader l : Listen, my children and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. All: Listen, listen, listen Reader 2: He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from... | |
| Jonathan Foreman - 2005 - 112 Seiten
...redcoat patrol, but Longfellow's poem made Revere more famous than Sam Prescott, his comrade who did. Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from... | |
| Carol Rae Wakely - 2005 - 100 Seiten
...the words!" Then they all start singing and skipping along again. Nate leads his pals in chanting. "He said to his friend, 'if the British march, by...tonight, hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch, of the North Church tower as a signal light.' " Splock, again, loudly: "And now I lay me down to sleep,... | |
| William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 Seiten
...drift-wood fire without that burned, the thoughts that burned and glowed within. The Landlord's Tale1 Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight...to-night, hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch of the North Church tower as a signal light. — one, if by land, and two, if by sea; and 1 on the... | |
| Lorrie Goldensohn - 2006 - 460 Seiten
...and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy- five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous...to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, — One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the... | |
| Allan Wolf - 2006 - 124 Seiten
...I'll have to have surgeons perform a re-buttal! Rhymes can be adventurous: from Paul Revere 's Ride Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight...now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow To a poet, rhyme is a powerful tool that can potentially detract from... | |
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