 It was one by the village clock When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the...  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 31by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. • 12 It was two by the village-clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard...the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, Aud felt the breath of the morning-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...they would look upon. 12 It was two by the village-clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord tons. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter...birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the...that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-hall. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled,—... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the...safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be the first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the...asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to full, Who that day would be lying dead, Piereed by a British musket-hall. You know the rest. In the... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. 12. It was two by the village-clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard...birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the moruing-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - Recitations - 1872 - 218 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the...fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...two by the village-clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town ; 296 ADVICE TO BASHFUL LOVERS. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter...birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning-breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord tr.wn. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. Tt was two by the village clock When he came, to the...meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his H?il Who at the bridge would lie first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British... | |
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