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" His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows... "
Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist - Page 66
by Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 382 pages
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 43

1844 - 454 pages
...children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the naming forge, Aid hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks...daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 16

American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening sun is low. And children coming home...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 16

American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And children coming home from school Look...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 148 pages
...With large and sinewy bands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 783820A His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is...daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...acheiving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. The Village Blacksmith. Under a spreading chesnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 19

Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, Yon can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...blessings, Now on the holy breast, and now on the innocent tresses. MISCELLANEOUS. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 82 THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chafF from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...bands, 82 THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan j His brow is wet with honest sweat ; He earns whate'er...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hoar his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray...
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