Friday, April 21, 2006

And fired the shot heard round the world.....

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

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