| Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...immortalized in the affections of our people by a popular poem beginning, Under a spreading chretnul-b-ee The village smithy stands, The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hand* ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are »troDg as iron bands LONGFELLOW. This tree is not,... | |
| Tom Burgess - 1861 - 234 pages
...to my mind that I involuntarily repeated — " Close to the tall, slim poplar trees. The well-known smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; The muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." But I am forgetting my theme. Time passed... | |
| Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1862 - 558 pages
...dreams'. — BBYANT. LESSOX VI. — THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. LONGFELLOW. 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 crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| James Everett - 1863 - 252 pages
...the Fifteenth Edition. t The WtsUyan Mamuiwi. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. BT PROFESSOR LONOFBLLOW. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron hands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...finish at-tempt'-ed, tried re-pose' (n.), rest wrought, worhed out Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny anus Are strong as iron bands. 2 6 13 22 3 2 19 23 4 4 6 13 1 2 18 91 (2) oz. dwt. gr. 4 19 1 9 17... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...dead man's plain, The rider grasps his steed again. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bauds. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...And my boy does not return !" MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. i84i—i846—i858. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron hands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like»the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| 1865 - 438 pages
...city of the living God." — Tract Magazine. TEE YILLA&E BLACKSMITH. UNDEB a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands : The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. * Week in, week out, from morn till night You can hear his bellows blow : You hear him swing his heavy... | |
| John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...when the cheese she let And the fox ran away with the prize 2.— THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. I. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...large and sinewy hands , And the muscles of his brawny anna Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His... | |
| Kate Wood - 1865 - 334 pages
...NEWBY, PUBLISHER, 30, WELBEOK STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, IT MAY BE TBUE. CHAPTER I. NEWS FROM HOME " The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms 11 in face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat; Are strong as iron bands. His hair... | |
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