In 1861 , over 40 years after Revere 's death , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made the midnight ride the subject of his poem `` Paul Revere 's Ride '' which opens : Longfellow 's poem is not historically accurate , but the inaccuracies were deliberate .
Revere is the subject of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's 1861 poem , `` Paul Revere 's Ride '' .