Waldo began his own journal, The Wide World when he was 17 years old and a student at Harvard. While Mary changed her living situation frequently, her influence was provided through thousands of letters and copies of her journal Almanack, started when she was 20 years old. Her involvement in Waldo’s life commenced after his father William Emerson died in 1811 and Mary stepped in to help his widow Ruth raise her five sons. Waldo wrote “A good aunt is more to the young poet than a patron.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Aunt Mary Moody Emerson delivered “the most important part of Emerson’s education,” ultimately influencing his views, reading habits, and his writing.
Bornstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson HouseĪ Powerful Influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson Listen to the Concord Hymn performed by the Choir of the First Parish Church, Concord, Ma.Įmerson’s words resonate today as we remember, reflect, honor and express gratitude in this April, 248 years hence. (Attributed to Louis Bourgeois,1551)īy the rude bridge that arched the flood,Īnd fired the shot heard round the world.ĭown the dark stream which seaward creeps. The poem called “The Concord Hymn” was sung at the dedication to the tune of the “Old Hundred”. The bridge had since fallen into disrepair and was no longer there. The white granite obelisk was erected on the east bank of the Concord River. Ralph Waldo Emerson was asked to compose a poem for the dedication of a commemorative monument on July 4, 1837.
Skirmishes along the way and the Battle at Lexington Green culminated in the Battle of the “Old North Bridge” in Concord, sending the British into retreat.Įmerson’s grandparents, the Reverend William Emerson and Phebe Bliss Emerson witnessed the struggle from their home, “The Old Manse,” located adjacent to the Old North Bridge. That day, full of fear and anticipation, hope and dread, leaving the past, with hearts, minds, bodies and a vision for a free future, is remembered with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem, “The Concord Hymn.”Īlerted by a single lit lantern at the Old North Church, riders including Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes rode to warn the militia and Minutemen from local towns that the British army was on the move to Lexington and Concord seeking stores of arms.
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