Listen, my children, and you shall hear,
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

Quotation #45164

About This Quote

Tales of a Wayside Inn [1863–1874], pt. I, The Landlord’s Tale: Paul Revere’s Ride, st. 1