 | 1844
...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 in at the open door ; They love to see the naming forge, Aid hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840
...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 Look...voice, Singing in the village choir. And it makes his neart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1841 - 320 pages
...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, Look...He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840
...blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And...children coming home from school Look in at the open door j They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that... | |
 | 1841
...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 Look in at the open door; They love to see the naming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.... | |
 | Books - 1842
...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...He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1842 - 132 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856
...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...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 468 pages
...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...the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And cateh the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the chureh,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 264 pages
...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...He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like... | |
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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... 
