His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

The Knickerbocker · 1840
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 9.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Village Blacksmith." The Knickerbocker. New York City: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Nov. 1840, I. 9.