The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Poems - Page 145by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1785 - 526 pages
...pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The chearful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge...morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy and lean and flirew'd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd ftiort, half lurcher and half cur His dog attends him.... | |
| Books and bookselling - 1793 - 450 pages
...Ta/k ; the lines defcriptive of the fubjeft are thefe : " Forth goes the Woodman, leaving unconcera'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Snaggy, and SIMM, and (hrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd, half lurcher and half cur, His dog... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1785 - 518 pages
...Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned! The chearful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder foreft drear, Prom morn to eve his folitary taflc. Shaggy and lean and Ihrew'd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd... | |
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...ftands', With fuch undeviating and even force He fevers it away. No needlefs care, , ... . .j ^ , . Left ftorms fhould overfet the leaning pile Deciduous,...foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Staggy and lean and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur His... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous,, or its own unhalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive...morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrcwd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Qofe... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'-d, The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And...wedge in yonder foreft drear, . From morn to eve, his foli-fary talk. - Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears, And tail-cropt mort, half lurcher,... | |
| William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd , The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive...Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur,] His dog attends him. Clofe behind his heel !Now creeps he... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...away ; no needlefs care Left ftorms fhould otrerfet the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned...Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Clofe behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its oXvn unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern 'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And...morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and mrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur— His dog attends him.... | |
| William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man; to wield the axe And drive...Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur— His dog attends him. Clofe behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
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