HYMN
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
[Sidenote: April 19, 1775]
_This poem was to be sung at the completion of the
Concord Monument, April 19, 1836_
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
[Sidenote: April 19, 1775]
_This poem was to be sung at the completion of the
Concord Monument, April 19, 1836_
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Matthews - Poems of American Patriotism
