 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 - 1837 - 534 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 creeps he... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1838 - 150 Seiten
...from Cowper's Task: — " 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 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...half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide scampering, snatches up the drifted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 Seiten
...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...Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail eropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now ereeps he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 Seiten
...own unbalanc'd weight. 40 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... | |
 | 1841 - 272 Seiten
...attention on a still, clear day, and tells him of the labours of one Who wields the axe, And drives the wedge in yonder forest drear From morn to eve his solitary tu.sk. The hedger, too, is busily engaged in repairing the fences of his employer. The field-work is... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 Seiten
...the work; therefore — Perth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man : to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest...And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, Ills dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now with many a frisk Wide-scampering,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 Seiten
...own unbalanc'd weight. 40 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 166 Seiten
...own unbalanc'd weight. 40 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving uncoucern'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... | |
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