 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pàgines
...earn'da night's repose. 8. Thanks v , thanks to thee, my worthy friend', For the lesson thou hast taughtM Thus, at the flaming forge of life', Our fortunes must be wrought^, Thus, on its sounding anvil', shap'd Each burning deed and thought v . XVI. — THE THUNDER STORM. FROM GEORGE D. PRENTICE. 1. I... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pàgines
...stanza,— " Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes: Each morning sees some task begun, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose." It is, in truth, this simplicity and truth to nature, this artless description of things in real life,—yet... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1857 - 458 pàgines
...floor." And then the moral built upon the blacksmith's " something attempted — something done : " " Thus at the flaming forge of life, Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on ita sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! " But, ah, the flames of his forge were burning... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pàgines
...once more How in the grave she lies; And with his hard rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. The rising moon has hid the stars Her level rays like golden bars Lie on the landscape green With shadows... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 pàgines
...Toiling,— rejoicing,— sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. The Wreck of the Hesperus It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 pàgines
...Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT* LOUD he sang the psalm of David! He, a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Israel's... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1990 - 350 pàgines
...is played!' — and down he fetched a right bower. Mr. Longfellow smiles as sweet as pie and says— "Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught,' — and blamed if he didn't down with another right bower! Emerson claps his hand on his bowie, Longfellow... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pàgines
...And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.2 Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. ' the village bell] "the old kirk chimes," in the first printing. 2 A tear . . . eyes] "A tear from... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...evening sees its close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. (1. 37-42) 50 65) CMoP; FaFP; HAP; HelP; HoPM; LiTB; LiTM; MoAB;...Prim; TrGrPo; UnPo; WeW In Praise of Limestone 47 If (1. 43-48) The Wreck of the Hesperus 51 It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And... | |
 | William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 pàgines
...Toiling — rejoicing — sorrowing Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought! The Week of Sundays In this old tale we see the difference between idle time, which we steal, and leisure... | |
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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. 
