Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 to 1882
Track 1
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And fired the shot heard round the world.
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
That memory may their deed redeem,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
To die, and leave their children free,
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
We set today a votive stone;
The foe long since in silence slept;
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