{"id":175,"date":"2017-07-24T22:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ferrousengineering.com\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2017-07-24T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:54:55","slug":"the-village-blacksmith-poem-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ferrousengineering.com\/?page_id=175","title":{"rendered":"The Village Blacksmith Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)<\/span><\/h1>\n

The Village Blacksmith (1840)\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n
UNDER a spreading chestnut tree<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe village smithy stands<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe smith, a mighty man is he,<\/span>\r\n\r\nWith large and sinewy hands;<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd the muscles of his brawny arms<\/span>\r\n\r\nAre strong as iron bands.<\/span>\r\n\r\nHi hair is crisp, and black, and long,<\/span>\r\n\r\nHis face is like the tan;<\/span>\r\n\r\nHis brow is wet with honest sweat,<\/span>\r\n\r\nHe earns whate\u2019er he can,<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd looks the whole world in the face,<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor he owes not any man.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWeek in, week out, from morn till night,<\/span>\r\n\r\nYou can hear his bellows blow,<\/span>\r\n\r\nYou can hear him his heavy sledge<\/span>\r\n\r\nWith measured beat and slow,<\/span>\r\n\r\nLike a sexton ringing the village bell,<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen the evening sun is low.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd children coming home from school<\/span>\r\n\r\nLook in at the open door;<\/span>\r\n\r\nThey love to see the flaming forge,<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd hear the bellows roar,<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd watch the burning sparks that fly<\/span>\r\n\r\nLike chaff from a threshing-floor.<\/span>\r\n\r\nHe goes on Sunday to the church,<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd sits among his boys;<\/span>\r\n\r\nHe hears the parson pray and preach,<\/span>\r\n\r\nHe hears his daughter\u2019s voice,<\/span>\r\n\r\nSinging in the village choir,<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd it makes his heart rejoice.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIt sounds to him like her mother\u2019s voice,<\/span>\r\n\r\nSinging in Paradise!<\/span>\r\n\r\nHe needs must think of her once more,<\/span>\r\n\r\nHow in the grave she lies;<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd with hard, rough hand he wipes<\/span>\r\n\r\nA tear out of his eyes.<\/span>\r\n\r\nToiling, -rejoicing, -sorrowing,<\/span>\r\n\r\nOnward through life he goes;<\/span>\r\n\r\nEach morning sees some task begin,<\/span>\r\n\r\nEach evening sees it close;<\/span>\r\n\r\nSomething attempted, something done,<\/span>\r\n\r\nHas earned a night\u2019s repose.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor the lesson thou has taught!<\/span>\r\n\r\nThus the flaming forge of life<\/span>\r\n\r\nOur fortunes must be wrought;<\/span>\r\n\r\nThus on its sounding anvil shaped<\/span>\r\n\r\nEach burning deed and thought!<\/span><\/pre>\n
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