| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Blacksmith |
| | | | And he sang: Hurra for my handiwork! |
| And the red sparks lit the air; |
| Not alone for the blade was the bright steel made; |
| And he fashioned the first ploughshare. |
Chas. Mackay. | 1 |
| | Under a spreading chestnut tree |
| The village smithy stands; |
| The smith a mighty man is he, |
| With large and sinewy hands; |
| And the muscles of his brawny arms |
| Are strong as iron bands. |
Longfellow. | 2 |
| | And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvils chime; |
| Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom |
| In the forges dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom. |
Longfellow. | 3 | | |
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