That rises after the sun goes down. 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... The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow - Página 16por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1902 - 854 páginas
...; then the ride out through the villages and farms of Middlesex until, in the lines of the poet,— "It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town." It is a pity to mar this work of art by the homely daubs of fact ; yet a faithful limning of the scene,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 360 páginas
...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...And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing ever the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his lied Who at the bridge would be fiist to... | |
| Edward Conant - 1887 - 164 páginas
...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 bloody work they would look upon. (19) It was two by the village clock When he came to the bridge in Concord town. (20) He heard the... | |
| Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1889 - 168 páginas
...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...the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. 44 A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door. And a word that shall echo forevermore ! For, borne... | |
| George Cary Eggleston - 1889 - 256 páginas
...Swim in the moonlight as he pass'd, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At...clock When he came to the bridge in Concord town, Paul IRevere's "Ride 37 He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees,... | |
| George Cary Eggleston - 1889 - 538 páginas
...Swim in the moonlight as he pass'd, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At...they would look upon. It was two by the village clock He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of... | |
| Mara Louise Pratt Chadwick - 1889 - 168 páginas
...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 tht bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 páginas
...weathercock Swim in the moonlight as lie passed. And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood...bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flo'-k. And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing... | |
| Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 páginas
...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...he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleeting of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning... | |
| David Henry Montgomery - 1890 - 344 páginas
...weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he pass'd, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare. Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood...village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town.J He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of 'birds among the trees, And felt the... | |
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