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" The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. "
A School Reader - Page 68
by Fanny E. Coe - 1908
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The circling year, Volume 50

Circling year - 1872 - 228 pages
...of the bellows and the sparks fly from the anvil ! But Longfellow has made the scene his own : — " Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. AT THE SMITHY DOOR. " His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow...
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First (-Fourth) reading book, Book 2

Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 104 pages
...well as learn. That is the trade of a Teacher. 66. THE BLACKSMITH. 1. BENEATH the sliaily spreading tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. 2. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest...
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Jarrolds' new code reading books. Infant classes [and] 1st-6th standard

Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 198 pages
...Ltke the tan— imbrotcned Crisp — curly. ! by the heat. Cwes not any man— awn nothing to any man. UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms As strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow...
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The Fourth Reader

Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 254 pages
...without them. JAMES NORTHCOTE. XCVI.—THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. i. I TNDER a spreading chestnut tree LJ The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. n. His hair is crisp, and black, and long ; His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest...
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Tales from the Outer Fringe: Five Stories and a Novella

David George Pitt - 1990 - 196 pages
...what he knew about blacksmiths he had learned from a poem in a school book and it was not reassuring: The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. He had just decided that he should retire quietly to consider strategy, when he trod on the tail of...
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Muscles, Masses and Motion: The Physiology of Normality, Hypotonicity ...

E. Geoffrey Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey Walsh - 1992 - 240 pages
...physiognomy (Proffit et al. 1983). Everyone must know Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith: Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...muscles of his brawny' arms Are strong as iron bands. 'Brawn is another name for muscle; the word originally meant a part of an animal, such as the calf...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...FaFP; MOS; NOBA; OxBA; PoE; PoRA; TAP; WiR The Village Blacksmith 48 Under a spreading chestnut-tree ever line Or a good lay: (1. 26-29) 49 to become a...tenor voice For effects that bring down the house co (1. 1-6) 49 Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some...
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Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings

Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 pages
...work. Charles Baudelaire If a man wfll not work, he shaD not eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV) Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. He earns whatever he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Henry W....
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Pitiless Parodies and Other Outrageous Verse

Frank Jacobs - 1994 - 100 pages
...now near Highway twenty-two He lives as many others do Inside a mobile home. The Village Blacksmith Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a wily man is he With itchy, greedy hands, For he knows he's getting twice the sum His fifth-rate work...
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Appalachia Inside Out Volume 1: Conflict and Change: Knoxville, Tennessee

Robert J. Higgs - 1995 - 380 pages
...cultural heritage of the Southern Appalachians. The Village Blacksmith Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Much has changed since Longfellow wrote his enduring poem almost 150...
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