 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
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving uncoucern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear. From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...uneffectual fire." Hamtet, i. 5. 254 THE TASK. [BOOK v. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears 45... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...work on a winter's morning, attended by his dog: — " Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern' d The cheerful haunts of man: to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve, his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...With such undeviating and even force He severs it away : no needless care, Lest storms should overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced...; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...Observations, according to Directions No. 242. 247. THE WOODMAN. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. A WINTER-MORNING WALK. 99 Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd,... | |
 | Arts - 1853 - 394 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving nnconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And...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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