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
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 590 pages
...needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipe* A tear out of his eyes. Toiling — rejoicing —...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. EXCELSIOR. TKI shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a mght's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,...sounding anvil, shaped Each burning deed and thought ! LONGFELLOW. THE HOME FRIEND; A WEEKLY MISCELLANY OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,... | |
| 1852 - 196 pages
...; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. EXTRACT FROM COWPBR'S TASK. 75 Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. (Bitrnrt PBOM COWPBR'S TASK. NOR rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit and restore... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...repose. Thanks, thanks to thec, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the naming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Kach burning deed and thought ! 161 If,'! ENDYMION. TlIK rising moon has hid the stars; Her level rays,... | |
| 1853 - 158 pages
...earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught I Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. 59 AUSTRALIAN NOTES. THE extraordinary accounts which still continue to arrive... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught I Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought I ENDYMION. THE rising moon has hid the stars ; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape... | |
| William Harrison - 1853 - 214 pages
...generation at least, and then it will not be in vain that, these pages were written. J CHAP. II. " Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought." LONGFELLOW. As the traveller journeys from the venerable town of Colchester to that of its rival neighbour... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...attempted, something done, Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught I Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought I ENDYMION. THE rising moon has hid the stars ; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...earned a night's repose. 8. Thanks\ thanks to thee, my worthy friend', For the lesson thou hast taughtM Thus, at the flaming forge of life', Our fortunes...its sounding anvil', shaped Each burning deed and thoughts LESSON X. ' & THE LONE INDIAN. 1. FOR many a returning autumn, a lone Indian was seen standing... | |
| S. Herbert Lancey - 1854 - 338 pages
...threshing floor. 16 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; lie hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THE BELEAGUERED CITY. I HAVE read in some old marvellous tale, „ Some legend... | |
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