 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
 | American poetry - 1859 - 148 pages
...he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. THOMSON. THE WOODMAN. FORTH goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...; 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,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1859 - 226 pages
...Examination. LESSOW 87. —p. 158. 247. THE WOODMAN. No. 1.2.3.. . Forth goes the woodman, leaving mconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, ep. Wide-scampering snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 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...; 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,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...forest tree, How pleasant the life of a bird must be ! MARY HOWITT. 86. THE WOODMAN AND HIS DOG. FOBTH goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, — From morn till eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 pages
...attended on the plain. 13. The tree of knowledge, blasted by disputes, Produces sapless leaves. 14. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear. 15. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail cropped short, half lurcher... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...companion of man. Cowper, for instance, graphically describing a " Winter Morning Walk," says : — " Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...of man , to wield the axe And drive the wedge, in youd€r forest drear From morn to ere hia solitary task." But the poet could not say that he went... | |
 | Months - English poetry - 1864 - 262 pages
...unsupplied ; but silent, meek, And patient of the slow-paced swain's delay. A WINTER MORNING WALK. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 150 pages
...he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. THOMSON. THE WOODMAN. FORTH goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...; 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 - Poetry - 1864 - 454 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 drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve, his solitary task. ithaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1864 - 622 pages
....,:( .' ;,, II. Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd , as if anxious to leave no part of it unsalutcd; a ceremony which he neve forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And... | |
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