His hair is crisp and black and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows... The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ... - Page 83by Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1844 - 454 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week hi, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...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 - 560 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the old kirk chimes When the evening aun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...in the face, For he owes not any man. in. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy 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... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear 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 from school Look... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1841 - 710 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow, You can hear him swing his heavy sledge...measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open... | |
| 1841 - 744 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week out, week in, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow, You can hear him swing his heavy sledge...measured beat and slow, — Like a sexton ringing the old kirk-chimes, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, Yon can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...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... | |
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...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 - 1842 - 638 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...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,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,...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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