These words were written by @Henry @Wadsworth @Longfellow, a great @American poet. They are the beginning of a poem called "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," one of the best-known poems about the @Revolutionary War.
The midnight ride described in the poem happened a long time ago, over 225 years. The United States was not a country at that time. It was called @America, and it was made up of 13 individual colonies, all ruled by the king of @England, @George @III.
@Boston, @Massachusetts, was one of the major ports for the American colonies. Ships came in and out with food and other supplies, as well as thousands of English soldiers. The king had sent them there to make the Americans obey his laws, even if they didn't think those laws were fair.
