 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 - English poetry - 1806 - 234 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...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 - 1810 - 212 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 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. Shaggv, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears *... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...Decidnons, or it's own nubalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving nnconcern'd The cheerfnl hannts 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 - 1815 - 338 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or it's 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...Heav'n stoops down to see. ' HI.. COWFER. THE WOODMAN. FORTH goes 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 task. ,. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 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 forest drear, Prom morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...He severs it away : no needless care, Less storms should overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or it's own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving...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 - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...away : no needless care, Lest storms should overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or it's own balanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or it's 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,... | |
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