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. American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 4091840Full view - About this book
| 1844 - 454 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week hi, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...sweat j He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. in. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear...sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1841 - 710 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, and black,...sledge With measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look... | |
| 1841 - 744 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, and black,...sledge With measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look... | |
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 148 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, Yon can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing...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 in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow...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 in... | |
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