Paul Revere's Ride By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Opener)

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Opening Monologue
For the historical event on which the poem is based, see Paul Revere § \"Midnight Ride\".

\"Paul Revere's Ride\" was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1861.
\"Paul Revere's Ride\" (1860) is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. It was later retitled \"The Landlord's Tale\" in the collection Tales of a Wayside Inn.

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English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (General)

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Listen, my Children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere on the 18th of April in 75. Hardly a man is now alive. Who remembers that famous day in year? He said to his friend, If the British march by land to see from the town tonight, hang a lantern loved the belfry arch of the north church tower as a signal light one if by land and two if by sea and I, on the opposite shore will be ready to ride and spread the alarm to every Middlesex village and farm for the country folk to be up and to arm. Then he said, Good night.