 | Historic buildings - 1855 - 484 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." Among the children who thus looked in upon the old smith in former days, was Lowell... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 432 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... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855
...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855
...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...bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly lake char! from a t&eshing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 927 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...bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, He... | |
 | Ireland - 1855
...sledge, \Vith measured beat, :md slow, Like a sexton ringing the Tillage bell, When the evening sun Is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the iiaininy forge, And hear the bellows roar. And aitch the burning sparks that fly Like chatt'fiotn a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 640 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 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 thrashing-floor.... | |
 | 1855
...sledge, ' W^th measured beat, find slow, Like n 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 sec the flaming forge, Ami hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chafl'fiom... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855
...following, which will be well remembered by all our readers : ' HEeoes on Sunday to the church, He aits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach — He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the village choir, And it mains his heart rejoice.' Now, it is a curious... | |
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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... 
