 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 sider
...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...dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps ke slow ; and now, with ma«ya frisk Wide-gcamp'ring, snrftches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...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...heel Now creeps he slow, and now with many a frisk Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth, or ploughs it with his snout ; Then... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...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...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 sider
...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 sider
...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...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears. And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 240 sider
...have supplied the subject of a much-admired painting, and the dog is well represented on the canvas, " Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd ; with pointed ears....And tail cropp'd short ; half lurcher and half cur." But here the painter's art must desist, and is left far behind by that of the poet : — " Now creeps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 sider
...drive the wedge, in yonder forest. djsJfl,,,i ,nn ^om mom to eve his solitary t#^ , .,.. ., fa9rii ,0 Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half car, His dog attends him. Close hehind his heel Now creeps he Slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampYing,... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 sider
...have supplied the subject of a much-admired painting, and the dog is well represented on the canvas, " Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd ; with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short; Jhalf lurcher and half cur." But here the painter's art must desist, and is left far behind by that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...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...heel Now creeps he slow, and now with many a frisk, Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth, or ploughs it with his snout : Then... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 sider
...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 * id tail cropp'd short, half lurcher aad half cur—... | |
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The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. 
