 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1856 - 432 pages
...remarkable for the beauty and sublimity of his psalms. NOTES. MISCELLANEOUS. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, 137 With large aud sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny anus Are strong as iron bands. His... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...occasionally conceal the mysterious vision altogether from our eyes. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; Ills brow is wet with honest sweat, Ho earns whatc'er he can, And looks the whole world la the face,... | |
 | Handicraft - 1857 - 34 pages
...the Mechanic's toils. Longfellow leaving this exquisite production : THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. "Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 13 His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan, His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...for'tanes 18, i'ro« 11, c/toir 33, an'vzV 1. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 1. UNDER a spreading chestnut-tree the village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is erisp and black and long; his face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat;... | |
 | Fairleigh - 1857 - 184 pages
...PART THE FIRST. JFatrlctjjf). CHAPTER I. ARRIVALS AT THE GOLUEX LION. Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands. The smith — a mighty...large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arm Are as strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, an i long, His face is like the tan;... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...His reputation as a writer is well known. He may be ranked among the first poets of the age. 1. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands^,...smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands v ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is crisp, and black, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith- a mighty man is he, 137 With largo and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron hands. His hair is crisp, and hlack, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...expression to the language. These occur, 1. At the end of each line; as, Under a spreading chastnut tree — • The village smithy stands — The smith,...muscles of his brawny arms — Are strong as iron bands. 2. About the middle of each line, when it is called the cesura, and marked thus ( || ) ; as, They laid... | |
 | Robert Steel (D.D.) - Christian biography - 1858 - 484 pages
...his business? he shall stand before kings; ho shall not stand before mean men." — PEOV. xxii. 29. "The smith a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Aro strong as iron bands." THIS is an iron age. Within the last thirty years a new feature has been... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 pages
...sting, for the Saviour hath 16 ' BISHOP HEBEE. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chesnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. L His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
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The Smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 
