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... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 4191840Full view - About this book
| 1850 - 818 pages
...'7'Ae Village Blacksmith,' painted from nature for these pages, has tbis reminiscence of his sitter : ' HE goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hairs AIÄ daugnltr'i roict Xinpinfr in the village eAoir, And it makrjt hie heart rejoice,' We always... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - English language - 1850 - 252 pages
...used in forming? How should the compound verb be parsed in such cases ? Kecite Exercise 137. L.. 6. Children coming home. from school, look in at the open door; They love to see tho flaming forge, and hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly like chaff from... | |
| Christian literature, English - 1851 - 344 pages
...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 daughters' voice Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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 thrashing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, And children coming home from school Look in at the...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... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 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 in at the open door : They love to see a flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks, that fly Like chaff from... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...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 ; Thev love to see tlu- limning forge. Ami hear tlic bellows roar. And ciitcli tlic burning sparks... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...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... | |
| American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. L_ 74 THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. And children, coming home from school, Look in at...; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bejltvs roar, And catch the bu^ng sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday... | |
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