 | Jacqueline Glasthal - 2003 - 76 pàgines
...the wounded men who fell into their hands. * F I Name Date. Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. | On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; f That memory may their deed redeem,... | |
 | Lawrence Buell - 2004 - 420 pàgines
...centennial celebration of Emerson's birth should have ended with a communal singing of the hymn. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...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... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pàgines
...SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE BATTLE MONUMENT, JULY 4, 1837 By the rude bridge that arched the flood,1 Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the...swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive2 stone; That memory may their deed redeem,... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2002 - 420 pàgines
...gunpowder. He had not reckoned on the resourcefulness of a small band of swift riders. American Echo "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, / Their flag...unfurled, / Here once the embattled farmers stood, / And fired the shot heard round the world." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hymn Sung at the Completion of the... | |
 | Herb Galewitz - 2003 - 68 pàgines
...the habit of tilling it, or mining it, or even hunting on it, generates the feeling of patriotism. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard 'round the world. When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pàgines
...LONGFELLOW AMERICAN (1807-1882) Concord Hymn Sung at the completion of the Battle Monument, 4 July 1837 By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today, a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem,... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 pàgines
...Waldo Emerson, 85 philosopher, poet and essayist dedicated the monument with "The Concord Hymn:" "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. "On this green bank, by this soft stream. We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem.... | |
 | John Hollander - 2004 - 64 pàgines
...as a philosophical essayist, but his poetry is among the strongest in nineteenth century America. By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem,... | |
 | Tom Meltzer - 2004 - 372 pàgines
...renewal of conservatism. 33. To which event do the following words of Ralph Waldo Emerson refer? By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to...unfurled Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard 'round the world (A) The Boston Massacre (B) The Whiskey rebellion (C) The firing... | |
 | 2004 - 292 pàgines
...House Fund will be gratefully received at 515 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, Mass. 01201. The Minutemen By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag...unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. 'o sang poet Emerson in 1837. George Bancroft devoted two chapters... | |
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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... 
