The broad-axe to the gnarléd oak,

The mallet to the pin!

Hark!—roars the bellows, blast on blast,

The [sooty smithy jars],

And fire-sparks, rising far and fast,

Are fading with the stars.

All day for us the smith shall stand

Beside that flashing forge;

All day for us his heavy hand

The [groaning anvil scourge].