 | 1844 - 454 pages
...He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week hi, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows...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... | |
 | 1841 - 754 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow,...heavy sledge With measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. in. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And children coming home from school... | |
 | 1841 - 744 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow,...heavy sledge With measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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. Week in, week out,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...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. Week in, week out,...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... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...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. Week in, week out,...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... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...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. Week in, week out, from morn till night, Yon can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...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. Week in, week out,...measured beat and slow, Like the sexton ringing the bell, When the evening sun is low. And children, coming home from school, Look in at the open door... | |
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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. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows... 
