Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 to 1882
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By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their ______ to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers ______
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The ______ long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the ______ stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by ______ soft stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That ______ may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our ______ are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature ______ spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.