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. The complete poetical works [&c.]. - Page 113by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864Full view - About this book
| England - 1876 - 818 pages
...curse of labour : — '- Thauks — thanks to thee.'my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught t Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought." Lat us be content to retain "The Village Blacksmith " as a sort of fossil embodied in brilliant amber.... | |
| 1844 - 454 pages
...— sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned...sounding anvil shaped, Each burning deed and thought ! GARDENING HINTS FOR FEBRUARY. HOTHOUSES, CONSERYATORIES, &C. Conservatory. — Where forced flowers... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...— Onward through life he ;;oes : Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close j Something attempted — something done, Has earned...flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be wrought, EXTRACT FROM A NOTE-BOOK. OUR nice travelling chariot, with all its trunks, cases, pockets, down-cushions,... | |
| American periodicals - 1840 - 576 pages
...evening sees it close ; Something attempted — something done, Has earned a night's repose. VIII. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the...flaming forge of Life, Our fortunes must be wrought, EXTRACT FROM A NOTE-BOOK. Oun nice travelling chariot, with all its trunks, cases, pockets, down-cushions,... | |
| 1841 - 744 pages
...rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned...friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped, Each burning... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1841 - 710 pages
...rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned...friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the sounding forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped, Each burning... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...sorrowing — Onward through life he goes : Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted — something done, Has...flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, 300 301 EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth,... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy frieud, 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 I LONGFELLOW. AKATANGI, THE BELL-RINGER OF ERROMANGA. IN the year 1840, I was one day sitting in my... | |
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...sorrowing — Onward through life he goes : Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted — something done Has...my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught 1 Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, Thus on its sounding anvil shaped... | |
| United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...— sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned...sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought !" "THE BEGGAR. A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by ; Fill up my pilgrim's... | |
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