He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Seite 4191840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James J. Davis - 2005 - 285 Seiten
...and I am grateful for my schooling. "Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson tfaou hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.** [THE END COSIMO is an innovative... | |
| Nancy Mowll Mathews, Charles Musser - 2005 - 212 Seiten
...memorized Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" as a schoolchild recalled the poem's closing stanza? Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taughtl Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil... | |
| Mark R. Schwen, Dorothy C. Bass - 2006 - 580 Seiten
...sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a...flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. WENDELL BERRY "An Invisible Web" "I... | |
| David Haven Blake - 2008 - 269 Seiten
...lifts his blacksmith into a larger, universal realm, thanking his "worthy friend" for the lesson he has taught: "Thus at the flaming forge of life / Our fortunes must be wrought." The "measured beat" of the blacksmith's forge becomes a model for the poet's art.32 For Whitman, a... | |
| Henry E. Beck - 2006 - 630 Seiten
...could dig a hole and bury me. I love poetry and remembered what Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had written. Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought! Notes 1 . Ruth 2-22— The Book of... | |
| Kevin L. Borg - 2007 - 292 Seiten
...sorrowing, onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a...flaming forge of life our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped each burning deed and thought. Despite such romantic notions about... | |
| Marshall Wall - 2007 - 334 Seiten
...all. Many lessons on life were taught. In "The Village Blacksmith, " Longfellow ended the poem with: Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the...flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought! We all are, in part, a product of... | |
| Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - 2008 - 131 Seiten
...sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a...flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. Long Division Rap A choral reading... | |
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