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en-wikipedia-org-7653		Paul Revere's Ride - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2465	267	76	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1860, the year he wrote "Paul Revere's Ride", painted by Thomas Buchanan Read "Paul Revere's Ride" was published in the January 1861, issue of The Atlantic magazine on December 20, 1860, just as South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States.[6] The poem was meant to appeal to Northerners' sense of urgency and, as a call for action, noted that history favors the courageous.[7] Longfellow, who often used poetry to remind readers of cultural and moral values,[8] warns at the end of the poem of a coming "hour of darkness and peril and need", implying the breakup of the Union, and suggests that the "people will waken and listen to hear" the midnight message again.[9] By emphasizing common history, he was attempting to dissolve social tensions.[10] "On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow". "150 Years of 'Paul Revere's Ride': About the Poem"	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7653.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7653.txt