Excerpt from "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent out to warn them and to alert colonial militias in nearby towns. And the moonlight flowing over all. Then he climbed to the tower of the church. stream A hurry of hoofs in a village street,A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a sparkStruck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet:That was all! From The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1903. ! $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? hb```F6``f`s@qd'E50t4pt .&[`A&12305p~IkiZb/3@f` t%|LQF K The mission: On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes were dispatched by Joseph Warren to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington (and many others along the route . *$( %2%(,-/0/#484.7*./. C $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. endstream /Subtype /Image /Filter /DCTDecode The speaker, a landlord telling stories with friends at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, prepares to tell the tale of Paul Revere's ride on April 18th, 1775. And lo! /Filter /DCTDecode Then he said Good night! and with muffled oarSilently rowed to the Charlestown shore,Just as the moon rose over the bay,Where swinging wide at her moorings layThe Somerset, British man-of-war:A phantom ship, with each mast and sparAcross the moon, like a prison-bar,And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. as he looks, on the belfrys height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns! /Length 643 " Paul Revere's Ride " is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on . paul revere house midnight ride boston massacre history web nov 17 2019 paul revere was a colonial boston silversmith industrialist propagandist and patriot immortalized in the henry wadsworth longfellow poem describing revere s midnight ride to warn the Make a Donation and Receive Your Audio and Educational PDF. /Type /XObject 69 0 obj <>stream Paul Revere Memorial Association. The young Revere was educated in reading and writing in school before completing his training as an apprentice to his silversmith father. ! In the books you have read,How the British Regulars fired and fled,How the farmers gave them ball for ball,From behind each fence and farmyard-wall,Chasing the red-coats down the lane,Then crossing the fields to emerge againUnder the trees at the turn of the road,And only pausing to fire and load. Then he climbed to the tower of the church,Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,To the belfry-chamber overhead,And startled the pigeons from their perchOn the sombre rafters, that round him madeMasses and moving shapes of shade,By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,To the highest window in the wall,Where he paused to listen and look downA moment on the roofs of the town,And the moonlight flowing over all. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow popularized Paul Revere in "Paul Revere's Ride", a poem first published in 1861, over 40 years after Revere's death, and reprinted in 1863 as part of Tales of a Wayside Inn. After the death of his wife, Sarah, in 1773, he married Rachel Walker and they had eight additional children. It was two by the village clock,When he came to the bridge in Concord town.He heard the bleating of the flock,And the twitter of birds among the trees,And felt the breath of the morning breezeBlowing over the meadows brown.And one was safe and asleep in his bedWho at the bridge would be first to fall,Who that day would be lying dead,Pierced by a British musket-ball. He first used his signal system and had two lanterns placed on the Old North Church steeple in Boston to alert those on the harbor that the troops had left Boston and were crossing the Charles River. He told them of the army's movement from Boston, and that British army troops would be in some danger if they approached Lexington, because of a large number of hostile militia gathered there. He has left the village and mounted the steep,And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;And under the alders, that skirt its edge,Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides. endstream endobj startxref It was two by the village clock,When he came to the bridge in Concord town. /Height 1 Academy of American Poets. Gage did not issue written orders for the arrest of rebel leaders, as he feared doing so might spark an uprising. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, : _/=?4(Y`^bj+#~]InH NE/ZM}\E?_]?=3$rjt){ jsK/;HIi|)f(@\j bzm&!>:~?W.Ey@tYI#G>c)hJckQ[hyn`r/0;Z `QvzC]G k%ud9V g3UyL$CI9 X;o|=c Q$:`$VF[ keGXn3urI&QJQrQ7F9e[06v&iQd!+PuBY}sh&O6v "Paul Revere's Ride" is a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. DRAFT. HISTORY.com works with a wide range of writers and editors to create accurate and informative content. /Height 1 " Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He then crossed the Charles River by rowboat, slipping past the British warship HMS Somerset at anchor. Revere joined other activists and dumped tea from the British East India Company on December 16, 1773, into Bostons harbor. Marching down to their boats on the shore. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet. Paul Revere was born in the North End neighborhood of Boston at the end of 1734 (the exact date is unknown) to a French Huguenot father who ran a silversmith shop and a mother from a local family. For, borne on the night-wind of the Past. The ride occurred on the night of April 18, 1775, immediately before the first . [11][12] Revere's warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere's own descriptions, was "The Regulars are coming out. Paul Revere. *$( %2%(,-/0/#484.7*./. C Crossings were banned at that hour, but Revere safely landed in Charlestown and rode to Lexington, avoiding a British patrol and later warning almost every house along the route. About this Worksheet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his poem "Paul Revere's Ride" in 1860. Listen, my children, and you shall hear. In the 1950s, two Berkshire Eagle columnists published verses responding to "Paul Revere's Ride" that focused on another man, Israel Bissell. /BitsPerComponent 8 as he looks, on the belfrys height. Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm., Then he said Good night! and with muffled oar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified, Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.Now he patted his horses side, Now gazed on the landscape far and near, Then impetuous stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth;But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.And lo! stream %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz The basic premise is historically accurate, but Paul Revere's role is embellished with extensive vocabulary and figurative language. 1 Listen, my children, and you shall hear. %PDF-1.5 % All Rights Reserved. Hit all the major standards with this comprehensive unit for the poem, "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. All rights reserved. 2 0 obj "[13] According to his own account, Revere narrowly escaped capture in present-day Somerville near the displayed corpse of a local slave, a local landmark. /BitsPerComponent 8 But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Warren's intelligence suggested that the most likely objectives of the regulars' movements later that night would be the capture of Adams and Hancock. Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. endobj On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Alert to the American colonial militia in 1775, "The British are coming" redirects here. <> 44 0 obj <> endobj Grant Wood (1891-1942) painted The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (cover) in 1931, just a year after he had created what would become the country's national icon, American Gothic (JAMA cover, August 9, 1976). 0 A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark. Read the poem. Paul Reveres Ride Sample Version Before the first shots of war were fired, Paul Revere left Boston under a cloak of darkness. This special recording of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows poem Paul Reveres Ride was created to honorthe Paul Revere Houses centennial as a museum. And seeming to whisper, "All is well!". Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,In their night-encampment on the hill,Wrapped in silence so deep and stillThat he could hear, like a sentinels tread,The watchful night-wind, as it wentCreeping along from tent to tent,And seeming to whisper, All is well!A moment only he feels the spellOf the place and the hour, and the secret dreadOf the lonely belfry and the dead;For suddenly all his thoughts are bentOn a shadowy something far away,Where the river widens to meet the bay, A line of black that bends and floatsOn the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. The second . /Height 1 The poem is about Paul Revere 's midnight ride through the Massachusetts countryside. Who Was Paul Revere Pdf . William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 - February 25, 1799) was an American soldier who was one of several men who in April 1775 alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution. ! << /Length 1 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> /Subtype /Image Adobe d C And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; The belfry-tower of the old North Church. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breezeBlowing over the meadows brown.And one was safe and asleep in his bedWho at the bridge would be first to fall,Who that day would be lying dead,Pierced by a British musket-ball. ! This is the first time that Sybil was . Paul Revere is one of the most iconic heroes of the American Revolution, immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1860 poem, Paul Revere's Ride. The rock group Paul Revere and the Raiders had considerable popularity from the mid-1960s through the early-1970s. In the hour of darkness and peril and need. 2 By land or sea from the town to-night, A ride as daring as that of Paul's11 It is evident that this poem is a direct imitation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's infamous poem Paul Revere's Ride. /Length 656 He wanted to warn the patriots that the British were on their way to fight them. /BitsPerComponent 8 stream Revere lived in his North End home on and off for 30 years as his family continued to evolve. And yet, through the gloom and the light,The fate of a nation was riding that night;And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,Kindled the land into flame with its heat. This poem recounts the night of April 18, 1775 when Paul Revere rode through Massachusetts warning of the British's arrival. %PDF-1.3 (In the end, the British indeed chose the water route, and therefore two lanterns were placed in the steeple. /Length 653 And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep. Revere was soon released, but he had already helped give the colonial militia a key advantage by alerting them to the impending attack by the British. 4 0 obj Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; . He reworked a Henry Pelham drawing in an engraving and widely distributed prints of the stark image of armed British troops taking aim at the colonists. Then answer the questions that follow. In the books you have read,How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball,From behind each fence and farm-yard wall,Chasing the red-coats down the lane,Then crossing the fields to emerge againUnder the trees at the turn of the road,And only pausing to fire and load. The Charlestown colonists dispatched additional riders to the north. /Type /XObject >> stream You know the rest. It begins at a trot: Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. This popular folk ballad about a hero of the American Revolution is written in anapestic tetrameter, which was meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, and is narrated by the landlord of an inn who remembers the famous "midnight ride" to warn the Americans . 'Paul Revere's Ride' was published in Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1861 around the beginning of the Civil War. Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Find History on Twitter (Opens in a new window), Find History on YouTube (Opens in a new window), Find History on Instagram (Opens in a new window), Find History on TikTok (Opens in a new window), Revolutionary patriot Paul Revere worked as a silversmith, as depicted in this painting by John Singleton Copley. The route follows Main Street in Charlestown, Broadway and Main Street in Somerville, Main Street and High Street in Medford, Medford Street to Arlington center, and Massachusetts Avenue the rest of the way through Lexington and into Lincoln. It was published again in Longfellow's book Tales of a Wayside Inn. After receiving the warning, Concord residents began moving the military supplies away from the town. A large version of the image of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere; A PDF version of the Longfellow poem about Revere's ride 1. /Subtype /Image The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting), "10 Things You May Not Know About Paul Revere", "Letter from Paul Revere to Jeremy Belknap, circa 1798", "Steve Martin Talks About His Fourth Of July Song", The Muppets PresentGreat Moments in American History, Samuel Adams and Paul Revere time capsule, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Revere%27s_Midnight_Ride&oldid=1150440179, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 April 2023, at 05:55. Paul Revere's Ride. The poem first appeared in his collection, Tales of Wayside Inn, in 1863. )[8] Revere first gave instructions to send the signal to Charlestown. Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day . just as avidly, by the queen's servants. For, borne on the night-wind of the Past. The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet. PDF | The American historical narrative has always been dominated by men; the achievements of women are often left to the past. Paul has a plan to warn people in the countryside . On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: He said to his friend, If the British march, Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,. Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. This lesson asks students to use primary source evidence to assess Grant Wood's famous 1931 painting, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.Students must also determine the event's historical significance. ! Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street,Wanders and watches with eager ears,Till in the silence around him he hearsThe muster of men at the barrack door,The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,And the measured tread of the grenadiers,Marching down to their boats on the shore. /Length 642 } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br /Filter /DCTDecode Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [24] The poem was one of a series in which he sought to create American legends; earlier examples include The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858). He wed Sarah Orne in 1765, and they had eight children before she died nearly two decades later. Contrary to popular belief,[citation needed] Revere and Dawes were not the only riders; however, they were the only two to be noted in poetry. This system was so effective that people in towns 25 miles (40km) from Boston were aware of the army's movements while it was still unloading boats in Cambridge. #2898 Prepare and Practice for Standardized Tests 42 Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Reading Comprehension Tests: Poetry Directions: Read the poem and the questions carefully. endobj << Reveres network was also expanding to include local activists angered by British rule. You can create printable tests and worksheets from these The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere questions! Recording of the Poem. Format: PDF, ePub View: 1322 Get Book Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server. /Subtype /Image $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare. Revere's ride is reenacted annually.[27]. /Height 1 /Width 9 He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight. You know the rest. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. . It was first published in an 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Prescott and Dawes escaped but Revere was returned to Lexington and freed after questioning. It was twelve by the village clockWhen he crossed the bridge into Medford town.He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmers dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog,That rises when the sun goes down. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinels tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, All is well!A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay,A line of black, that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Share Cite. The 1680 structure still stands today as the oldest building in downtown Boston. PDF. stream [21] The British confiscated Revere's horse and rode off to warn the approaching army column. He begins with Revere telling his friend to light one lantern in the belfry of. It is as if Revere is always riding, always warningespecially now on the . The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight. " For the country-folk to be up and to arm.". endobj Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! One of Reveres best-known pieces of propaganda depicted the violent night. w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr [14] Revere continued on and arrived in Lexington around midnight, with Dawes arriving about a half-hour later. $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr U.S.A. Secret Code Puzzles for Kids - Jan 08 2020 Kids love secret codes, and this book offers dozens of intriguing challenges /BitsPerComponent 8 Will likely have to the midnight ride of paul worksheet will open in the tramp of congress. Paul Revere's Ride. endobj << } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br https://www.paulreverehouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sample.mp3. The colonists had periodically used this system all the way back to the early years of Indian wars in the colony, before it fell into disuse in the French and Indian War. So through the night rode Paul Revere;And so through the night went his cry of alarmTo every Middlesex village and farm, A cry of defiance and not of fear,A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,And a word that shall echo forevermore!For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,Through all our history, to the last,In the hour of darkness and peril and need,The people will waken and listen to hearThe hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,And the midnight message of Paul Revere. $5.95. LISTEN, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. The town's alarmed, and you're all dead men! 3 0 obj /Width 11 They believed that the forces leaving the city were too large for the sole task of arresting two men and that Concord was the main target. Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive . Be sure to SUBSCRIBE for new inspirational poetry videos every week!Follow Me on Instagram : http://www.instagram.com/thejoehenkel_____. Special thanks to Marge and Ben Edwards and their son Ben L. Edwards of Walking Boston for generously funding the redesign of our website. The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet. regarding uestions of British union and nationhood. The ride has been commemorated in a range of cultural depictions, most notably Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", which has shaped popular memory of the event. *$( %2%(,-/0/#484.7*./. C American Battlefield Trust. A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark. The growing unrest boiled over on March 5, 1770, when British troops and a crowd of colonists faced off on Bostons King Street near the Customs house. 0 Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. "[20] The British soldiers gathered and decided not to press further towards Lexington but instead to free the prisoners and head back to warn their commanders. Pure literary format was a secondary concern, with devices of word choice and length of stanzas used to support the action rather than to fit a given writing structure. The poem is about Paul Revere's midnight ride through the Massachusetts countryside. Paul Revere's Ride. Look at the Grant Wood painting, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere for a few minutes. 10 0 obj %%EOF By making a $10 donation, you will receive the password for the downloadable 7-minute MP3 audio plus an educational document in PDF format that discusses the poem in detail, helps separate fact from fiction, and contains a map of the ride and photos. But you will take care that the soldiers do not plunder the inhabitants or hurt private property." If you purchased this item at the Paul Revere House, or already made your donation online, enter your password here for immediate access to the product. It starts in Boston, where Paul and a friend are talking about the British army. Then he climbed to the tower of the church. ! } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br Samuel Prescott and Israel Bissell were also tasked to undertake the mission, Bissell being the person to ride the farthest distance of all. The poem is about how American patriot Paul Revere rode through the countryside to warn the colonists of an attack by the British during the American Revolution. Then, at about 10 p.m. on April 18, 1775, Revere set out in the dark from his North Boston home by horse with William Dawes to reach Adams and Hancock. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was inspired to write this poem after visiting Old North Church, where the lanterns were held that night in 1775. /Type /XObject Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and streetWanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door,The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers Marching down to their boats on the shore. [6][7], In the days before April 18, Revere had instructed Robert Newman, the sexton of the North Church, to send a signal by lantern to alert colonists in Charlestown as to the movements of British troops when the information became known. Adobe d C /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - Poetry - Questions for Tests and Worksheets. poem Paul Revere's Ride. } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br endstream Adobe d C Publisher: Chronicle Books (J), 2001. So through the night rode Paul Revere;And so through the night went his cry of alarmTo every Middlesex village and farm,A cry of defiance, and not of fear,A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,And a word that shall echo forevermore!For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,Through all our history, to the last,In the hour of darkness and peril and need,The people will waken and listen to hearThe hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,And the midnight message of Paul Revere. [2], One week later, on April 14, General Gage received instructions from Secretary of State William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth (dispatched on January 27), to disarm the rebels, who were known to have hidden weapons in Concord, among other locations, and to imprison the rebellion's leaders, especially Samuel Adams and John Hancock. /Width 12 For rapid communication from town to townin addition to other express riders delivering messagesbells, drums, alarm guns, bonfires, and a trumpet were used, notifying the rebels in dozens of eastern Massachusetts villages that they should muster their militias because the regulars in numbers greater than 500 were leaving Boston with possible hostile intentions. But before the Ride was written in 1860 few people even knew about Revere's contribution. Then he said Good night! and with muffled oarSilently rowed to the Charlestown shore,Just as the moon rose over the bay,Where swinging wide at her moorings layThe Somerset, British man-of-war:A phantom ship, with each mast and sparAcross the moon, like a prison-bar,And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch. The British major demanded Revere explain the gunfire, and Revere replied it was a signal to "alarm the country". And a word that shall echo forevermore! On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. But he left the business briefly and enlisted in a provincial army in 1756 during the French and Indian War. 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