 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...the 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...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. 3. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 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... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...dwt. gr. 4 17 13 1 5 16 14 4 4 11 19 3 298 4 1 7 6 7 3 4 15 His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest...night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him wield his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the... | |
 | John Cumming - 1863 - 340 pages
...characteristic touches — homely, and occasionally heavenly also:— " His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan, His brow is wet with honest...he owes not any man. " Week in, week out, from morn to night You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge With measured beat... | |
 | Robert F. Wiseman - 1995 - 316 pages
...and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns what'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 pages
...the 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...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. 3. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing... | |
 | 1982 - 348 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... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 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 Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 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. 
