 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
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...death Within that howling main. 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,... | |
 | German literature - 1863 - 260 pages
...speaking teach. VIL Trades, Arts, and Situations. 74. 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 ; His brow is wet with honest sweat... | |
 | James Everett - 1863 - 252 pages
...The WtsUyan Mamuiwi. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. BT PROFESSOR LONOFBLLOW. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith a mighty man...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron hands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...finish at-tempt'-ed, tried re-pose' (n.), rest wrought, worhed out Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny anus Are strong as iron bands. 2 6 13 22 3 2 19 23 4 4 6 13 1 2 18 91 (2) oz. dwt. gr. 4 19 1 9 17... | |
 | Donald Hall - American poetry - 1985 - 266 pages
...still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 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; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poetry - 1988 - 442 pages
...death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe! 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; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
 | David George Pitt - Tales - 1990 - 196 pages
...what he knew about blacksmiths he had learned from a poem in a school book and it was not reassuring: The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. He had just decided that he should retire quietly to consider strategy, when he trod on the tail of... | |
 | E. Geoffrey Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey Walsh - Medical - 1992 - 240 pages
...1983). Everyone must know Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith: Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny' arms Are strong as iron bands. 'Brawn is another name for muscle; the word originally meant a part of an animal, such as the calf... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, 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; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...FaFP; MOS; NOBA; OxBA; PoE; PoRA; TAP; WiR The Village Blacksmith 48 Under a spreading chestnut-tree ever line Or a good lay: (1. 26-29) 49 to become a...tenor voice For effects that bring down the house co (1. 1-6) 49 Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some... | |
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