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. Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 159by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1856 - 518 pages
...stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp,...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You hear him swing his heavy sledge,... | |
| 1856 - 352 pages
...stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp,...the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat He earns whatever he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . Week in and week... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...His brow is wet with henest sweat, He earns whato'er he ean, And looks the whele world in the faee, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You ean hear his bellows blow ; You ean hear him swing his heavy sledge} With measured beat and slow, Like... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...The smith, a mighty man is he, 137 With large aud sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny anus Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and Ion;.:, His face ia like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whato'cr he can, And... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 pages
...and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is erisp and black and long; his face is like the tan ; His...whole world in the face ; for he owes not any man. 3. AVeek in, week out, from morn till night, you can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing... | |
| Fairleigh - 1857 - 184 pages
...hands; And the muscles of his brawny arm Are as strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, an i long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begun, Each... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...Are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is crisp, and black, and long x ; His face is like the tan v ; His brow is wet with honest sweat; He earns whate'er...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. 3. Week in', week out v , from morn' till night v , You can hear his bellows blow x ; ^ You can hear... | |
| 1857 - 34 pages
...is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 13 His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is...the tan, His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns what e'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out,... | |
| 1857 - 986 pages
...smithy stands; The smith, a mighty 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 like the tan ; Ills brow is wet with honest sweat, Ho earns whatc'er he can, And looks the whole world la the face,... | |
| Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pages
...smithy stands; The smith a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands ; His hair is crisp,...whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. AVeek in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his... | |
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