Listen .. children ... ... shall ....
 .. ... midnight .... .. .... Revere,
 .. ... eighteenth .. April, .. Seventy-five;
 Hardly . ... .. ... alive
 ... remembers .... famous ... ... year.
 
 .. .... .. ... friend, ... ... British march
 .. .... .. ... .... ... .... to-night,
 .... . lantern aloft .. ... belfry ....
 .. ... North Church tower .. . signal light,--
 ... .. .. land, ... ... .. .. ....
 
 ... . .. ... opposite shore .... ...
 Ready .. .... ... spread ... alarm
 Through every Middlesex village ... farm,
 ... ... country .... .. .. .. ... .. arm."