 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
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 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...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher, and half cur. His dog attends him. Close bebind his heel Xow creeps he... | |
 | Margaret (fict.name.) - 1847 - 210 pages
...wife in the sincere wish, that you will come and visit us at our happy home, before the Woodman's dog, 'shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, and tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, wide scampering, snatches up the drifted snow with ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his snout, then... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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...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... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...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...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 - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...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...task. Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, Frotn morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and...ears. And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cu His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow: and, now with many a fri: Wide-scampering,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...own unbalanced 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man; to nt exceeding clear ; Howe'er ingenious on his darling...in philosophy may seem, Reduced to practice, liis behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man; to wield the aie, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From...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, snatehes up the drifted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned 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 eropped short, half lureher and half cur His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now ereeps he slow... | |
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