 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pages
...And the 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...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. AVeek in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his... | |
 | 1858 - 930 pages
...that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor." The smith is always at work, never absent from his post. "Week in, week out, from morn till night, Y'ou can...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow." How many have passed such a place without bestowing upon it n thought : jut there is a way of finding... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 pages
...And the 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...swing his heavy sledge With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children, coming home from... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 pages
...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. L His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village-bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...And the 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...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell. When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...And the 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...swing his heavy sledge With measured beat and slow ; Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat; His hair is crisp, and black, and long; He ea,rns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...And the 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...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the Tillage bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 296 pages
...And the 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...swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from... | |
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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. 
