 | 1856 - 352 páginas
...earns whatever he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . Week in and week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows...bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like the chaff from a threshing floor. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 páginas
...hear him 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...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
 | John Holland - 1856 - 386 páginas
...Everett's Memoir of Samuel Hick, " The Village Blacksmith." CONVERSATION. 209 " And children coming Lome from school, Look in at the open door ; They love...sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor." And then the moral built upon the blacksmith's "something attempted— something done :" — " Thus... | |
 | 1856 - 518 páginas
...is low. And children, coming home from school, Look in at the open door : They love to see a flamiqg forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks, that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes, on Sunday, to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
 | 1857 - 986 páginas
...the tan ; Ills brow is wet with honest sweat, Ho earns whatc'er he can, And looks the whole world la the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out,...roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff ftom a threshing Hoor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears tiic parson... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 páginas
...with measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the old kirk chimes when the evening sun is low. 4. And children, coming home from school, look in at...catch the burning sparks that fly like chaff from a threshing-floor. 5. He goes on Sunday to the church, and sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1857 - 454 páginas
...blow ; You ean hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat, and slow .... And children eoming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They...sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor." And then the moral built upon the blacksmith's " something attempted — something done : " " Thus... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 páginas
...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...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 páginas
...morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge With measiired beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell...catch the burning sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing-floor. And sits among the boys ; Ho hears the parson pray and preach, He goes on Sunday to... | |
 | 1858 - 930 páginas
...Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands." and then he tells us how the children love to see " the flaming, forge, And hear the bellows...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor." The smith is always at work, never absent from his post. "Week in, week out, from... | |
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Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him 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 Look... 
