Thursday, November 9, 2017

Concord Hymn




By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,




The Minute Man
(Dedicated in 1885)


Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard around the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.


Old North Bridge
A painting by Jack Skinner



On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.




Old North Bridge Monument



"Concord Hymn"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1837)

This hymn was sung at the completion of
the Concord obelisk monument
July 4, 1837



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