Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou 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! Ballads and Other Poems - Page 102by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
| England - 1876 - 818 pages
...curse of labour : — '- Thauks — thanks to thee.'my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught t Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought." Lat us be content to retain "The Village Blacksmith " as a sort of fossil embodied in brilliant amber.... | |
| 1844 - 454 pages
...children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the naming forge, Aid hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed and thought ! GARDENING HINTS FOR FEBRUARY. HOTHOUSES, CONSERYATORIES, &C. Conservatory. — Where forced flowers... | |
| 1841 - 754 pages
...repose. Thanks ! thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed and thought. HEMRY W. LONGFELLOW. EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED CROWQTJILL. HE INTRODUCTION. MY acquaintance... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...— Onward through life he ;;oes : Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close j Something attempted — something done, Has earned...flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be wrought, EXTRACT FROM A NOTE-BOOK. OUR nice travelling chariot, with all its trunks, cases, pockets, down-cushions,... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...evening sees it close ; Something attempted — something done, Has earned a night's repose. VIII. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the...flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be wrought, EXTRACT FROM A NOTE-BOOK. Oun nice travelling chariot, with all its trunks, cases, pockets, down-cushions,... | |
| 1841 - 744 pages
...repose. Thanks ! thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed and thought. HEMRT W. LOHGFELLOW. 54 Che ŠIB EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED CROWQUILL. HE INTRODUCTION. MY acquaintance... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyeg. Toiling — rejoicing — sorrowing — Onward through...flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, 300 301 EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth,... | |
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught 1 Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. Mr. Griswold's introduction is modest, judicious, and suggestive, The volume is calculated to instruct... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy frieud, For the lesson thou hast taught 1 Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought I LONGFELLOW. AKATANGI, THE BELL-RINGER OF ERROMANGA. IN the year 1840, I was one day sitting in my... | |
| United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise I He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought !" "THE REGGAR. A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by ; Fill up my pilgrim's... | |
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