 | Circling year - 1872 - 228 strani
...of the bellows and the sparks fly from the anvil ! But Longfellow has made the scene his own : — " Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. AT THE SMITHY DOOR. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 104 strani
...well as learn. That is the trade of a Teacher. 66. THE BLACKSMITH. 1. BENEATH the sliaily spreading tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty...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... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 strani
...without them. JAMES NORTHCOTE. XCVI.—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. i. I TNDER a spreading chestnut tree LJ The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. n. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
 | William Swinton - 1872 - 232 strani
...following Stanzas into Prose : THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.— Longfellow.. 1. Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...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 sweat... | |
 | David George Pitt - 1990 - 196 strani
...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 - 1992 - 240 strani
...physiognomy (Proffit et al. 1983). Everyone must know Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith: Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 strani
...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... | |
 | Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 strani
...work. Charles Baudelaire If a man wfll not work, he shaD not eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV) Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. He earns whatever he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Henry W.... | |
 | Frank Jacobs - 1994 - 100 strani
...now near Highway twenty-two He lives as many others do Inside a mobile home. The Village Blacksmith Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a wily man is he With itchy, greedy hands, For he knows he's getting twice the sum His fifth-rate work... | |
 | Robert J. Higgs - 1995 - 380 strani
...cultural heritage of the Southern Appalachians. 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. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Much has changed since Longfellow wrote his enduring poem almost 150... | |
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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. 
