 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Seite 4191840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...with measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the old kirk chimes when the evening sun is low. 4. And children, coming home from school, look in at...sparks that fly like chaff from a threshing-floor. 5. He goes on Sunday to the church, and sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach ;... | |
 | 1857 - 986 Seiten
...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...roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff ftom a threshing Hoor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears tiic parson... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1857 - 454 Seiten
...blow ; You ean hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat, and slow .... And children eoming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor." And then the moral built upon the blacksmith's " something attempted — something... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1857 - 458 Seiten
...hear hia 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...the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And cateh the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor." And then the moral built upon... | |
 | Alfred J. Pairpoint - 1857 - 360 Seiten
...towns, the land has produced 100 successive corn-crop* in as many years. VI.—SUNDAY IN WASHINGTON. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his...He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. LONGFELLOW. THE streets... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...measur'd beat and slow v , Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. 4. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door v ; They love to see the flaming forge', And hear the bellows roar v , And catch the burning sparks... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 Seiten
...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...He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 Seiten
...heavy sledge With measiired beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children, coming home from school, Look...sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing-floor. And sits among the boys ; Ho hears the parson pray and preach, He goes on Sunday to the chureh, He... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 Seiten
...heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look...flaming forge And hear the bellows roar, And catch the sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits amongst... | |
 | 1858 - 930 Seiten
...Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands." and then he tells us how the children love to see " the flaming, forge, And hear the bellows...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor." The smith is always at work, never absent from his post. "Week in, week out, from... | |
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