Paul Revere's Ride (poem)

Paul Revere's Ride

"Paul Revere's Ride" is a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was published in 1860 in the magazine The Atlantic Monthly. It was published again in Longfellow's book Tales of a Wayside Inn. The poem is about Paul Revere's midnight ride through the Massachusetts countryside. He wanted to warn the patriots that the British were on their way to fight them. Longfellow was inspired to write the poem after visiting the Old North Church in Boston.

Paul Revere's Ride (poem) Media

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  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1860, the year he wrote "Paul Revere's Ride", painted by Thomas Buchanan Read

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  Paul Revere (1940) by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, North End, Boston, Massachusetts. The Old North Church is visible in the background.

Other websites

• Original text of "Paul Revere's Ride" by The Atlantic Online
• Discussion of "Paul Revere's Ride" by the Maine Historical Society
• "Paul Revere's Ride" lesson plan Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine by the National Endowment for the Humanities
• The True Story of Paul Revere – The Midnight Ride Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Wall Street Journal on "Paul Revere's Ride"
• 150 Years of "Paul Revere's Ride": About the Poem