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 - 1800 - 364 pages
...the leaning 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...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
...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...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
...the leaning 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... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. 45 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 - 1802 - 350 pages
...the leaning 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 386 pages
...and again deep plunging oft, His broad keen knife into the folid mafs : Smooth as a wall the upright remnant ftands, With fuch undeviating and even force...behind his heel Now creeps he flow; and now, with many a frifk Wide-fcampering, fnatches up the drifted fnow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 388 pages
...remnant flands, With inch undeviating and even force He fevers it away : no needlefs care, Left fforms fhould overfet the leaning pile Deciduous, or its...behind his heel Now creeps he flow; and now, with many a frifk Wide-fcampering, fnatches up the drifted fnow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...away: no needlefs care, •Lelt ilorms Should overfet the leaning pHe Deciduous, or its <Jwn unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...ftands. With fuch undeviating and even force He fevers it away : no needlefs care, Left Itotras fhculd overfet the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced...eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, witli pointed ears And tail cropped fhort, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Clofe behind... | |
| William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...ftorms fhould overfet the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodmin, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonJer foreft drear, From morn to eve his folitary tafk. Shaggy, and lean, and fhrewd, with pointed... | |
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