Note 171 — IV 1840 (ÆT. 22-23)

[The Service, p. 7. Mr. Sanborn, in a note to this passage, says, "The allusion here is to the extraordinary sight of the gravest citizens of Concord, in that summer [1840], ... turning out to roll a huge ball, emblematic of the popular movement against President Van Buren, from the battle-ground of Concord to that of Bunker Hill, singing as they rolled:—

'It is the Ball a-rolling on For Tippecanoe and Tyler too.'"]