Quote#Children
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863–1874), Pt. I, The Landlord's Tale: Paul Revere's Ride, st. 1..
English (original)
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.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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