Thursday, March 22, 2007

Listen, My Children, And You Shall Hear...

What's the next line?

Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere

Many of you may have memorized this poem at school--especially if you were raised in Massachusetts!

Do you remember, though, who wrote "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"? It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.



The Library has a several illustrated copies of the poem in the children's room, the most recently published one being illustrated by Jeffrey Thompson [J 811 LON].

Adults might want to browse through Longfellow's Poems and Other Writings [811 LON].

This Sunday, at Sanders Theater in Cambridge, from 2:00 to 4:00, there will be a celebration of Longfellow's bicentennial.

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