 The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He...  Spring flowers gathered for young florists, by S.P. - Page 32by Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is...from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...iui'1 sine\vy hands; And the muscles of hit* brawny arms Are strung as iron bands. His hair is crtsp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His...any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, Von can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, \Vith measured beat, :md slow,... | |
 | Historic buildings - 1855 - 586 pages
...stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arm Are strong as iron bands. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan, TTia brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whote'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...UNDER a spreading chesnut tree The village smithy stands, The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For... | |
 | English language - 1855 - 172 pages
...ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH STUDY. ACTIONS OP THE SMITH. " THE smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." LONGFELLOW. BEAT, to strike; to strike often. MELT, to soften; to make like a Does the smith beat the... | |
 | Historic buildings - 1855 - 588 pages
...; The smith, a mighty man is he, • With large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arm Are strong as iron bands. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long, TTia face is like the tan, His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 248 pages
...must do, Well may he shade his eyes from the far-shining view. A WELCOME FOR ELIHU BURRITT HG ADAMS. His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can ; And he looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man, Longfellow's Village Black.vmith. Up,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Arc strong as iron bands. Hie hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; Hie brow is wet with honest sweat ; He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face,... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms...from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat, and slow, Like a sexton ringing the... | |
 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms As strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black,...from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village... | |
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