The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-19
LEXINGTON.

LEXINGTON.
ny c. y. L.. HOLMES.
1.-THE following original poem, prepared at the
request OF the committee OF arrangements, Will
be read to-day at the celebration at Lexington
by Prof. j. W. Churchill the celebrated elocu-
ZIONIST This is Its first appearance in print
Under the shadows OF Bunker Hill,
only the crickets voice sharp and shrll,
And the plantlve cry of the whip-poor-wll,
Echoes the sentlnel's drowsy "alls well"-
Nor the sea, nor the air, found a voice to tell,
That nights sable mantle, was shroudlng a
BIRTH
More wondrous and blcst than had gluddencd
the earth,
Since shepherds OF old, knct rejoicing and
awed,
Where the maDger In Bethlehem Graded a God.
Hark It's not the sentinel pacing his beat,
Nor the call OF the watch on the decks OF the
fleet
Ills tho tread Of legion Of hurrying feet,
Stealthy and swift through the desolate street.
out from the heart of the slumbering town,
out on the highway toward Lexington
Thinking to steal through the darkness unseen
To capture the patriots scant magazine
Pitcairn at the head Of his legion appears,
And Smith follows hard with his red grenadlers
prt a s,,,ao,, ,,,o,,, ,uo,, ,,,o ,o,,.,.,,,-,
Iite n ferv arrow othwort rho MON,
Hath sned IN tho r,,.or,s torther sSor,
Where horsemon avot,a s,rco ,be ,y.l,to,,t
bour
ona foot In tho st,r~,,, ,o,n
Ana one woven fo.t In h,s ste,d,s no,yIne, n,ono
His eagle ave burned throucn tho dari'noss ito
nre
TIL ho ooucht t,a rod clam, ,.o,, ,,., 81,
A"' Nv e.. INV '0u e'0"''' i'0'' '''' 0iu
Then rider and horse with neigh and cheer,
rluhgeu lnto the hlght' anu alar ana ahear'
Rang like bugle. brave and clear,
inc warning cry OF raul revere.
from Boston bay 10 concord town.
IL rose anu 1eil as ne hurried on
Anu all the echoes OF Mluuiesex NILS
gave DICK the cry tiii IL lhropped anu thrilieu'
Like SWORD thrusts piercing lett ana right,
ihiouSn 'ho qui'eiihs puiSoe Vi thc night
And ever the sloepers arose as he nassed
None SOUGHT tn detoin bim--no ouestion was
asked
For thew knew tbe terrb,e die had been cast
The rod curse NJ war was unon then ot las,
noaoroo cat h,oh ~, tho ,ro,,,s =, t,o s,ros
r,,o 49,. ~, o. 80, ~. $500. ~.
fires
And matrons and sweethearts, fearful and sad
Were girding wars trapp!ngs on veteran and
lad.
Brief was the farewell and briefer the prayer
Then out In the night from the loved and the
fair
nv ones t,yo,s and three,s thav went bur,y,r,
49, 49, - 40
And some op the green Mt extinction
NOT waited they long, ior IN mornings hrs'
beam,
s,roor,
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.'Well done, my brave red-coats! well done, my
marines!
Now forward to Concord leave these TO their
dreams
me Doors arc Observation-Disclosures silence thcy
keep
we lender our greetings-they fall OH 10 Sleep
March IN nh nrord pr,ton h,t temner tbv ,es,
| disaster orr crowds on the heals NJ success
At seven. by the town clock. they enter the town.
Demanding the stores in tho name of the
crown.
ANA the soldiers cheer ana tile leaders lrown'
a VA. "oe,.' po.o eves " a'.ns Wv"
nu. Vi po"uoi anu jail s.a''o nek y, u pounu
- '.e ieHs" anu ''e"''' VI '"' '''i"s0 was
| iouho
~ Ian , NV 80 1. "D
on,,sn,r ,ooi, anr ,,,a 60, s,o,,,,,x 49,
| 49,, ~, -. 49,. 49, ,s,'
| O' w
| But scarcely their feet pressed the opposite
bank,
| When the minute -men fred on their rear and
their flank;
| And down In the river weeds tall and dank,
| Went a score OF "Britlshers," file and rank
| The red ranks OF Britain were dumb with
The river Itself seemed TO burst into blaze
| Every stone-wall and rock-every bush on the