| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...measur'd beat and slow v , Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. 4. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door v ; They love to see the flaming forge', And hear the bellows roar v , And catch the burning sparks... | |
| Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 Seiten
...blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge With measiired beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children,...catch the burning sparks that fly, Like chaff from a threshing-floor. And sits among the boys ; Ho hears the parson pray and preach, He goes on Sunday to... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 Seiten
...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. And children...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... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 Seiten
...him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When evening sun is low. And children coming home from...flaming forge And hear the bellows roar, And catch the sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits amongst... | |
| 1858 - 930 Seiten
...Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands." and then he tells us how the children love to see " the flaming, forge, And hear the bellows...catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing floor." The smith is always at work, never absent from his post. "Week in, week out, from... | |
| Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 Seiten
...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. And children...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 - 1859 - 724 Seiten
...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. And children...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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 Seiten
...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. And children,...see the flaming forge*, And hear the bellows roar; To see the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from the threshing floor. He goes on Sunday to the church,... | |
| Children - 1859 - 198 Seiten
...hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village-bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home...the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And watch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a thrashing-floor He goes on Sunday to the church,... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 Seiten
...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. And children coming home from school And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Look in at the open door ; They love... | |
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