| James Everett - 1863 - 252 страници
...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 hands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| 1864 - 428 страници
...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...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, Week in, week out, from morn till night You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his... | |
| David George Pitt - 1990 - 196 страници
...poem in a school book and it was not reassuring: The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the 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... | |
| Herbert A. Applebaum - 1992 - 664 страници
...example, we recall Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated The Village Blacksmith, and these rhymes: His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er...the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man (1960, 104). They were also a favorite subject for Roman sculptors. Blacksmiths are depicted on tombstones... | |
| E. Geoffrey Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey Walsh - 1992 - 240 страници
...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. 'Brawn is another name for muscle; the word originally meant a part of an animal, such as the calf... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 страници
...spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy or ruin a fine 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 страници
...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. He earns whatever he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Henry W.... | |
| Robert J. Higgs - 1995 - 380 страници
...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. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Much has changed since Longfellow wrote his enduring poem almost 150... | |
| William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 страници
...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...can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owns not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 страници
...spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy onnie 6516 In this world, a man must either be anvil or hammer. 6517 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' But the... | |
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