| Books and bookselling - 1793 - 450 pages
...lines defcriptive of the fubjeft are thefe : " Forth goes the Woodman, leaving unconcera'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...pile 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...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
...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...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
...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 ears, And tail-cropt mort, half lurcher,... | |
| 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...morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur,] His dog attends him.... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...pile 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...morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Clofe... | |
| 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,...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 - 1800 - 364 pages
...pile 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,...yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary ta(k. Shaggy, and lean, and flirewd, with pointed cars And tail cropp'd fliort, half lurcher and half... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...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,...yonder foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary talk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed can And tail cropp'd fhort, half lurcher and half... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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 the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
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