 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, - Seite 98von William Cowper - 1817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 Seiten
...THE WOODMA N. FORTH goes the woodman, kaving unconcwn'J The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the ax< And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From...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 ke... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1801 - 432 Seiten
...appearance in poetry — • Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd Tlie cheerful haunts of men ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropt short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Kow creeps he slow,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...its 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 j and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1801 - 454 Seiten
...the woodman and 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...and lean, and shrewd with pointed ears „ And tail crop'd short, half lurcher and half cur— • His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 Seiten
...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 * id tail cropp'd short, half lurcher aad half cur—... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 Seiten
...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...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lnrcher and half cnr, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Kow creeps he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 Seiten
...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...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 ereeps he... | |
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