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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. "
The New Century Third Reader - Page 94
1899 - 238 pages
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The Fourth Reader

Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 pages
...without them. James Northcote. XCVl.—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. i. "TNDER a spreading chestnut tree kJ The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. ii. His hair is crisp, and black, and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat;...
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New Cyclopaedia of Poetical Illustrations: Adapted to Christian Teaching ...

1872 - 710 pages
...heart is still with Thee. Charles Wesley. 2OST. LABOB, Lesson of. Under a spreading chestnut-tree Tho ied Ton can hear him swing his heavy sledge. With measured beat and slow, Like sexton ringing the village...
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Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine, Volume 7

1872 - 770 pages
...handicraft skill, it is- that of the mechanic ; and of mechanics, none need these qualifications more than the smith — " A mighty man is he, "With large and...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands." For that man can take an uncouth, shapeless mass of cold iron and so correctly judge of the volume...
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Sunshine in the Kitchen, Or, Chapters for Maid-servants

Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1872 - 336 pages
...which promotes man's true welfare is honourable. Longfellow says : Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny armsAre strong as iron bands. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ;...
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Tales from the Outer Fringe: Five Stories and a Novella

David George Pitt - 1990 - 196 pages
...what he knew about blacksmiths he had learned from a poem in a school book and it was not reassuring: The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy...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...
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Muscles, Masses and Motion: The Physiology of Normality, Hypotonicity ...

E. Geoffrey Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey Walsh - 1992 - 240 pages
...physiognomy (Proffit et al. 1983). Everyone must know Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith: Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...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...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...FaFP; MOS; NOBA; OxBA; PoE; PoRA; TAP; WiR The Village Blacksmith 48 Under a spreading chestnut-tree ever line Or a good lay: (1. 26-29) 49 to become a...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...
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Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings

Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 pages
...work. Charles Baudelaire If a man wfll not work, he shaD not eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV) Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...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....
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Pitiless Parodies and Other Outrageous Verse

Frank Jacobs - 1994 - 100 pages
...his pleasure-dome; And now near Highway twenty-two He lives as many others do Inside a mobile home. The Village Blacksmith Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a wily man is he With itchy, greedy hands, For he knows he's getting twice the sum His fifth-rate work...
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Appalachia Inside Out Volume 1: Conflict and Change: Knoxville, Tennessee

Robert J. Higgs - 1995 - 380 pages
...cultural heritage of the Southern Appalachians. The Village Blacksmith Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Much has changed since Longfellow wrote his enduring poem almost 150...
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