Concord Hymn

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 to 1882

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