Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-07
Paul Revere's Ride.


Listen my chill 1ren. and you shall hear
oi the midnight ride of Paul Revere
Un the eighteenth OF April in Seveniy-lTe,
Hardly man IS now alive
WAC remembers tha; famous day and year.
lie said 20 his friend, If the British mir,h
BY land or sea from the town tonight,
Hang lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Oi the North Church tower as a signal Il s4t,
one, Il by land, and two, if by sea;
Ana on the opposite shore shall be,
Ready TO ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk TO be up and to arm -
Then he said 'Go0d nj ght ~ and with mual ed oar
silently rOwed to the Uharlestown shore
Just a the moon rose over the BAY
Where sw -ng wide at her moorings Law
The Somerset, British man-of war;
phantom ship with each mast and snsr
Across the moon Ike prison bar
ana huge black hulk, that was ma gnifei
By us oNn reflection in the tide
AelnwAile his friend, through alley and street.
"andsIs and watches with ger ears.
iilI IN the silence around aim he hears
The muster OF men at the barrack door
Inc sound OF arms. and the tramp OF feet,
Ana the measured tread OF the grenadiers.
Narchins down to their boats On the shore.
Then lie climbed the tower q the Old North Church
lsy the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To tae beliry chamber overhead,
ana startled the pigeons from tneir perch
On the sombre raiters, that round him made
-iasses and mOyin. shapes Of shade,
~ the trembling ladder. steep and tall
To the highest v ind0w IN the wall.
Whore he paused TO listen and look down
moment on the roofs OF the town,
ANA the mo0n!i ght flowing over all.
Beneath, In the cAurchyard, lay the dead,
In their n. .ht enslmpmeut on the hill,
Wrapped IN silence 50 deep ana siill
That he could hear Ike a sentine!'s tread
The watch.u al ni sht wind. as il went
Creeping a-our lrOn tent TO tent,
ANA seeming 10 whisper, "All Is well 90
\ faJmeat only he feels the spell
ni tle place and he hour, and the secret dread
o. the lonely beiiry ana the dead.
E1- suddenly all his thou .hts are hclt
On . shad0Wy s0metAins lar away,
Naefe the river Widcns 70 n eet tie bay,
Line o. black thar ueuds and floats
Oh thu Isl H. TIE, ll1g 2 brIdze oi boats.
Aeauwh .e, lupitleu. t3 mount and ride,
Booted AMI spuTcl. " th heavy strife,
oa the oppos t- shore walked Paul Revere
NV he pltttI u.s srs-'s side,
sow -8zrI at the landscape FAR and near,
ligu. lmpy-u .u-, Stamped the earth,
AMI fu Roo a1l .-hueucI ms sItdie-grth
uu. u-l-li3 Doe wttrilsI u ith ea GER search
TOE oe iry tower ei the Old North ChurcH,
A 'f ro-, -Aove t1o grave, on TIE hill,
Llt-it ana spectral and somoer ami sIili.
ana go a, he looks, on the beiiry's -ht
\ -iliurier, anu then gieam o.; light
hr springs 10 the saddle, the bride be iurrs
Bur lln-eis and -azes, TIL lull on his STINT
M lamp in tAc b-liry burns
Is .l.Iy. o. Eao.s ia % village street.
t -.-trv ln the la'uull -ht "a hu.z In the taTE,
A-i 'eleati. nom the ?ehb.ts, IN passsnz, splIk
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AM. u1ae- tie a der. mar sgirt 4ts 90
N,,, .oit on the sand now loud an H.. .Iri-r
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