 The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.  The Task - Page 121by William Cowper - 1825 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Staggy and lean and fhrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...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 the wedge in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrcwd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...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 the wedge in yonder foreft drear, . From morn to eve, his foli-fary talk. - Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...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 the wedge in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...Deciduous, or its oXvn unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern 'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge, in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and mrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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 the wedge, in yonder...heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth, or ploughs it with his snout ; Then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodmans leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge, in yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary ta(k. Shaggy, and lean, and flirewd, with pointed cars... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...THE WOODMA N. FORTH goes the woodman, kaving unconcwn'J The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the ax< And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From...dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps ke slow ; and now, with ma«ya frisk Wide-gcamp'ring, snrftches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth,... | |
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