 He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his 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...  Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 16by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 862 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...Aid hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus, at the flaming forge of life, Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus, on its sounding anvil shaped,... | |
 | 1840 - 576 pages
...of her once more, How in the crave she lies ; And with his hard rough hand he wipes A tear from out his eyes. Toiling — rejoicing —sorrowing — Onward...attempted — something done, Has earned a night's repose. VIII. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming... | |
 | 1840 - 560 pages
...more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard rough hand he wipes A tear from out his eyes. Til. Toiling — rejoicing —sorrowing — Onward through...attempted — something done, Has earned a night's repose. VIII. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1841 - 710 pages
...of her once more, How in her grave she lies, And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear from out his eyes. Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped,... | |
 | 1841 - 744 pages
...of her once more, How in her grave she lies, And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear from out his eyes. Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped,... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught 1 Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 pages
...makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice Singing in Paradise! He needs mnst think of her once more, How in the grave she lies...Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees its close : Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyeg. Toiling — rejoicing — sorrowing — Onward through...my worthy friend. For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, 300 301 EXCELSIOR. THE shades of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hoar his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a...done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thec, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes... | |
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