lonfellow

Listen carefully so you can hear, Of the memorable ride of Paul Revere. It happened on the eighteenth of April in 1775, But no one is alive that can tell you exactly what happened. He asked his friend to warn him of the British, By hanging a light in the church belfry tower. He asked him to hang one lantern if they are coming by land, And two lanterns if by sea. Once he sees the …

…a nation was in his hands, He couldn’t let it slip through and shatter. The horse hooves sparked against the street, Creating fires as he went. Defiantly, he rode through town Yelling and knocking on the doors of the colonists. No even though some two hundred years later, People still hear the cries of the man And the hoof beats of the horse That saved our nation on one perilous night. Bibliography n/a