THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face... The Normal Fifth Reader - Page 211by Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1857 - 986 pages
...mysterious vision altogether from our eyes. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as Iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; Ills brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| 1857 - 34 pages
...Longfellow leaving this exquisite production : THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. "Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...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,... | |
| 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 - 1857 - 456 pages
...chestnut tree The village smithy stands^, The 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 long x ; His face is like the tan v ; His brow is wet with honest sweat; He earns whate'er he can, And looks... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...the language. These occur, 1. At the end of each line; as, Under a spreading chastnut tree — • The village smithy stands — The smith, a mighty...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... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 pages
...having much worth. Anvil, a smith's iron block. Wrought, worked out. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...sword." THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. II. W. LOITOFBLLOW.] [JBuiie by WH Wnss. Undcr a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pages
...THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. HW LONOFELLOW.—Music at Addison and Co.'s. UNDEE a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands ; His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| Robert Steel (D.D.) - 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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 pages
...than man's spoken word. LXIL—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. LONGFELLOW. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 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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