Stanza & Story

Category: Fourth of July

19th century, America, American, American Poetry, Celebration, Fourth of July, Walt Whitman

July 4, 2023

“I Hear America Singing”

by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in…
19th century, America, American Poetry, American Revolution, Fourth of July, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, History, Public Domain, United States, United States of America, war

July 2, 2023

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen, my children, and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-night,Hang a lantern aloft in the…