• First page of the original manuscript for "The Village Blacksmith". "The Village Blacksmith" is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1840.
  • 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...
  • In a prologue, Johnnie, one of the village blacksmith's two sons, falls from a tree that the squire's son Anson Brigham dared him to climb, and is crippled.
  • In the autumn of 1839 Mr. Longfellow was writing psalms, and he notes in his diary: October 5th: “Wrote a new Psalm of Life. It is The Village Blacksmith.”
  • The Village Blacksmith. Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the...
  • The Village Blacksmith was first published in The Knickerbocker magazine in November, 1840. I Hear America Singing.
  • 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...
  • Download The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in PDF format. This classic poem celebrates hard work and perseverance.
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