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