On Longfellow's Village Blacksmith

When Longfellow penned 'The Village Blacksmith' he wrote of a different way of life When the farrier shod horses and worked hard in his forge all day to support his kids and wife But a lot of changes since that time and ways of life have changed since then The Blacksmiths of Longfellow's time are now antiquated men. As an example from a more innocent time Longfellow's Blacksmith lives today He worked hard and in his church with his family did pray It was of the age of innocence that the famous writer wrote And the Blacksmith only lives today in the verses of the Poet. In the twenty first century the Blacksmith seen as out of date 'Tis the billionaire celebrity the scrivener nowadays celebrate The hard working honest Blacksmith has gone the ways of time He no longer inspire the writers to story and to rhyme. When Longfellow penned 'The Village Blacksmith' many decades ago Of a future of great change he was not to know A different Land then the U S of A And a different World from the World of today.