| 1844 - 454 pages
...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...school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the naming forge, Aid hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening sun is low. And children coming home...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton tinging the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And children coming home from school Look...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...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...the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his... | |
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...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....catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...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...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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....the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And cateh the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the chureh,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...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...the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his... | |
| United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...bellows blow ¡i 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...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...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....catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray... | |
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