Ralph Waldo Emerson: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood,

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, — Ralph Waldo Emerson

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

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