I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool.

• William Shakespeare , King John (1598), Act IV, scene 2, line 193.

"Of the four elements, air, earth, water, and fire
man stole only one from the gods. Fire. And
with it, man forged his will upon the world."
-anonymous

• And the smith his iron measures hammered to the anvil's chime;
  Thanking God, whose boundless wisdom makes the flowers of poesy bloom
  In the forge's dust and cinders, in the tissues of the loom.
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Nuremberg , line 34.

• 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 strong as iron bands.
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , The Village Blacksmith . I have this complete poem right here: The Village Blacksmith Poem by Longfellow

 

"The Armourers accomplishing the knights,
With busy hammers closing rivets up,
Give dreadful note of preparation."

-Shakespeare

 

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