# Quote — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Village Blacksmith

> His brow is wet with honest sweat,
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> He earns whate'er he can,
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> And looks the whole world in the face,
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> For he owes not any man.

- Author: [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow.md)
- Book: [The Village Blacksmith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-village-blacksmith.md)
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## More from this book

> Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,
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> Onward through life he goes;
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> Each morning sees some task begin,
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> Each evening sees it close;
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> Something attempted, something done,
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> Has earned a night's repose.

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> Under a spreading chestnut-tree
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> The village smithy stands;
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> The smith, a mighty man is he,
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> With large and sinewy hands;
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> And the muscles of his brawny arms
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> Are strong as iron bands.

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