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
| William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 292 pages
...more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard rough hand he wipes The tears out of his eyfen Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! EXERCISE LXVn. • SPOTS ON THE SUN — Dr Dick. We err most egregiously, when we attempt to compare... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 pages
...begin, Eat-h evening gees it close; Something attempted, something done, lias earn'da night's repuse. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! " I have here made only a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own, but the... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught! Tlius — at the flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed, and thought. There's a tear lhat falls when we part From a friend whose loss we shall mourn ; There's a tear that... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...•• Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson tliou hast taught! Thus — at ihe flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be wrought;...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed, and thought. There's a tear thai falls when we part From a friend whose lose we shall mourn ; There's a tear that... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...done, Has earned & night's герои. " Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thoii hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on ils sounding anvil shaped Kach burning deed and thought !" Let the reader judge this after the manner... | |
| 1846 - 620 pages
...countryman Longfellow must have had you in his brain, when he painted the picture of his .blacksmith. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, — Onward...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! I especially like your fancy that English Plymouth should write to American Plymouth — Rochester... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees its close : Something attempted, something done, Has earned...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! -LONGFELLOW. THE LIGHT OF HOME. MY boy, thou wilt dream the world is fair, And thy spirit will sigh... | |
| 1859 - 798 pages
...earn'da 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 ! a STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT." THIS is a weighty saying. Those of our young friends who have ever... | |
| DOUGLES JERROLD'S - 1846 - 606 pages
...done, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Has earned a night's repose. For the lesson thou hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life , Our fortunes must be wrought; Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought!... | |
| Douglas Jerrold - 1846 - 624 pages
...thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of lire Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! I especially like your fancy that English Plymouth should write to American Plymouth — Rochester... | |
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