| Francis William Newman - 1868 - 226 pages
...my long sleep of sorrow broken By such benign b.essed sounds again. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 1. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands....large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arm Are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is crisp and black and long ; His face is like the tan :... | |
| James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1868 - 216 pages
...love-ly a-gain sis-ter-hood No-vem-ber with-er-ed Part 2.] LESSON XVII. Under a spreading chestnut1 tree the village smithy stands, The smith a mighty man is he, with large and sinewy hands, And the muscles2 of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; his... | |
| Leaves - 1868 - 244 pages
...to my mind that I involuntarily repeated — " Close to the tall, elim 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... | |
| John T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
...contentment springs ; Contentment opes the source of e\ery joy. BEAT-TIE'S Minstrel. 98 BLINDNESS. The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. HW LONGFELLOW Week in, week out, from morn till night You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear... | |
| Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.— LONGFELLOW. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; Aud the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 pages
...to journey onl .*• - t MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 1841—1846—1858. . i THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and Mack, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...And that is true rest. JOHN SULLIVAN DWICHT. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut-tree nkless master ! No, sir ! — see him wag his tail...George ! it makes my old eyes water I — That is, th anus Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp and black and long ; His face is like the tan ; His... | |
| Circling year - 1872 - 228 pages
...bellows and the sparks fly from the anvil ! But Longfellow has made the scene his own : — " Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. AT THE SMITHY DOOR. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - English language - 1872 - 88 pages
...LESSON XVIII. Tell the number, gender, and case of each Noun in the following Exercise : — Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. The children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge,... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...singular. LESSON XX. Tell the number, gender, and case of each Noun in the following Exercise : — Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. The children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge,... | |
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