| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 páginas
...finish at-tempt'-ed, tried re-pose' (n.), rest wrought, worhed out Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man...large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny anus Are strong as iron bands. 2 6 13 22 3 2 19 23 4 4 6 13 1 2 18 91 (2) oz. dwt. gr. 4 19 1 9 17... | |
| 1864 - 428 páginas
...man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, Week in, week out, from morn till night You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his... | |
| Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 páginas
...shall again, With kindling eye e'er gaze upon Our ALBERT gone ! for ever gone ! THOMAS VAUGHAN. NDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 páginas
...the dead man's plain, The rider grasps his steed again. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bauds. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest... | |
| 1982 - 348 páginas
...new , the old; More precious than a kingdom's gold Is friendship's thrill . Author Unknown Selected Under a spreading chestnut -tree The village smithy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands . His hair is crisp and black and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat--... | |
| Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 páginas
...still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 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. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 páginas
...death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe! 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. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like' the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat,... | |
| David George Pitt - 1990 - 196 páginas
...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... | |
| E. Geoffrey Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey Walsh - 1992 - 240 páginas
...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... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 páginas
...hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, 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. 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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