...the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? Francis Scott Key Brief meaning: 2. Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. Brief meaning: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and...

...Bibliography 1 65 Index 169 The Blacksmith Ironworker and Farrier Prologue 1 Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands: The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. There are few men left who can recall the once-familiar scene that inspired Longfellow to write this...

...stanza from memory, feeling each word and taking the pleasure of each meter and rhyme, he mesmerizes us. Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. He continues for all eight verses. Charlie may be dreaming of himself as a young man. We marvel at...

...pound, smith, smithy, blacksmith, goldsmith, locksmith, etc., and the legion oí Smiths. Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. -Longfellow, The Village Blacksmith (1842) (s)meit: throw; send. The first sense seems to have been...

...iron band; The smith is very happy As he owes not any man. The actual second stanza is as follows: His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is...the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat He earns what e'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. The last line remembered...

...ofWellness and Movement Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico. USA Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands;...the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron hands... He earns w hate'er he cau, And looks the whole world in the lace. For he owes not any man....

...chestnut-tree" of Longfellow's poem "The Village Blacksmith" once stood: Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man...muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. Thirty yards west of the marker is a yellow Federal-style house, still affectionately known as the...

...several horses, have a 40 percent win average, and it's a great feeling." Does this rhyme sound familiar: "The smith a mighty man is he, with large and sinewy...muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands"? That's the blacksmith, better known today as the farrier, another vital link in your horse's well-being....

...examined in the next chapter. Chapter 9 Denmark, 0-600 AD, and the furnace clay material Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands...with large and sinewy hands and the muscles of his browny arms are strong as iron bands. HWLongfellow, The Village Blacksmith, 1839. At the beginning...

...Great Spirit/' Author Unknown Lesson: _ Evidence: The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy...is he. With large and sinewy hands: And the muscles on his brawny arms Are as strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp. and black and long. His face is...