 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 98by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge ill yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears -And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, Mis dog attends him. Close behind his heel JHow creeps he... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...The cheerful,haunts of man ; to wield the axe, , And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, Prom morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...it's own balanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest...half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide scampering, snatches up the drifted... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...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 forest...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...slow pac'd swain's delay, Forth gaes the woodman, leaving, unconcern'di The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest...and lean, and shrew'd, with pointed ears, And tail cropt short, half lurcher, and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel, Now creeps he... | |
 | Mary Linwood - 1822 - 30 pages
...No. 46. WOODMAN. Barker, FORTH goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man: to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest...and lean, and shrew'd with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...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...Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 pages
...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...Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 pages
...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...Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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 forest...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
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