Question

Which lines from this excerpt convey a sense of foreboding?

"It was one by the village clock, / When he galloped into Lexington. / He saw the gilded weatherwingspan / Swim in the moonlight as he passed,"

"And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, / Gaze at him with a spectral glare, / As if they already stood aghast / At the bloody work they would look upon."

"He heard the bleating of the flock, / And the twitter of birds among the trees, / And felt the breath of the morning breeze / Blowing over the meadows brown."

"It was twelve by the village clock / When he crossed the bridge

Answer 1

It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the wingspan,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river-fog,
That rises when the sun goes down.

It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weatherwingspan
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock,
When be came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket-ball.