Quotes · Quote card
Quotation from Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.”
Paul Revere's Ride, Lines 127-130 (Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863))
The closing lines turn the ride into a lasting summons to the nation in any time of danger.
Citation: "In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere's Ride, Lines 127-130 (Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863)). (id paul-reveres-ride-q7)
Portrait: Paul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Atlantic Monthly, Public domain.
