...him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the old kirk chimes When the evening sun is low. And children coming home...the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 37 It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs...

...For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ji You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured...to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise I He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he...

...man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing hm heavy sledge, •With measured beat and slow, Like...village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It Bounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more,...

...evening sun is low. And children, coming home from school, Look in at the open door; They love to see a flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch...makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him, like her mother^s voice, Singing — in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she...

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...catch the burning sparks, that fly Like chaff— from a threshing-floor He goes, on Sunday, lo ihe church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson—...village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It rounds lo him. like her mother's voice, Singing — in Paradise! Ho needs musi think of her once more,...

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..." He goes on Sunday to the church. And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and prern ';. He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the village...makes his heart rejoice : " It sounds to him like her motut:'voice Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her t" i more, How in the grave she lies;...

...Blacksmith." He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits ajnong his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach j He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. Which leads us to notice, lastly, that nothing makes the fireside so cheerful as a blessed hope beyond...

...He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys ; He hears the parson pray and preach, And he hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the village...to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise f He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard rough hand he...