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Sung at the
Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19th, 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.
The foe long since in silence
slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time
the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream that
seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft
stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory
may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons
are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and
Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and
thee.
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