 | Acrostics - 1866 - 280 pages
...light, And twined in links of silver bright, Her winding river lay." 0. " A mighty man is he, AVith large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." EHD 423. " Seems all on fire within, around, Deep sacristy and altar's pale ; Shone every pillar, foliage-bound,... | |
 | William Carey Richards - 1866 - 458 pages
...few features of the picture drawn by Longfellow, in his well-known poem, uThe Village Blacksmith :" "The smith a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of Ms brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. " His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poetry - 1866 - 300 pages
...There are no birds in last year's nest I THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. ]NDER the spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and siuewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...ia well known. He may be ranked among the first poets of the age. 1. UNDER a spreading chestnuMree 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... | |
 | F. W - 1867 - 138 pages
...riullulk-hmc City. MARTIN HILL'S CHARGE; OB, THE FORGE AND "THE FEATHERS." CHAPTER I. THE FOBGE. " Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...stands. The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and pow 'rful hands ; And the sinews of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." HW LONGFELLOW. ONE of... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...tinged with a warm sunny smile, Tho' the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while. T. Moon SMITHS. The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Arc strong as iron bands. Longfellow, Village Blachtmitl. SMOKING— wt Tobacco. May never lady press... | |
 | Francis William Newman - 1868 - 226 pages
...have 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...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... | |
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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. 
