Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" read aloud: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | American poetry classics

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published "Paul Revere's Ride" in the "Tales of Wayside Inn" in 1863. The poem is a classic that made Paul Revere's "midnight ride" an object of great attention and American folklore.
Paul Revere rode from Boston to Charlestown to Medford to Lexington. In real life, he was captured before arriving in Concord, Massachusetts. However, Longfellow has him getting to Concord to warn the patriot continentals there that the 'British are coming!'
Paul Revere's ride occurred in April, 1775, and many consider it the opening of the American Revolution. British Redcoats would clash with the Continentals at Lexington and Concord following the ride.
The poem features the "Old North Church" in Boston, a church that still stands today.
Some famous lines from the poem include:
"One, if by land, and tow, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be"
"The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere."
This short film was produced by Jeffrey Meyer

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Thank you! Lest we forget..

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Thank you for this Great visuals to accompany the reading

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[@wellston2826]

My mother taught me a different version: "Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of a can of beer Down the alley and over the fence I got the beer if you got ten cents" I enjoyed your reading though.

[@redbug3696]

Americas best poet by far! 😆👍. Great reading! 🤠

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[@heatherkyser8151]

😊thank you

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Thanks Jeffrey

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[@Squatch_Rider66]

Good one

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[@JeffinBville]

Eh. Revere got caught. Sadly, nothing rhymes with Ludington otherwise we'd know about Sybil's story.

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I think the poem made Revere famous.

[@JeffinBville]

@@JeffreytheLibrarian He was a pretty well known guy on his own at the time. But it's probable the poem made him an American legend.

[@petermillist3779]

Except the British weren’t coming, the ‘Regulars’ were, cos the colonists themselves were British!