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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. "
Poems - Page 145
by William Cowper - 1802
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Poems

William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. 40 Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd Tiie 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 45...
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The task, a poem, illustr. by B. Foster

William Cowper - 1855 - 298 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. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And...
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The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice ...

William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving nnconcern'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 And...
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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. THE W(XJD*AN 001X0 TO THE WOOD HIS DOG.— HIS PIPE. T TUE HUNTER. They love the country, and none else,...own sake its silence, and its shade. Delights whi forest drear, From morn to evo his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed cars,...
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The Task, Table Talk, and Other Poems: With Critical Observations of Various ...

William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...its own unbalanced weight. 40 THE WOODMAN AND HIS DOO. 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 45...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: & a Memoir of the Author

William Cowper - 1856 - 512 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 And...
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Poetry of the Year: Passages from the Poets Descriptive of the Seasons ...

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,...
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A key to Hiley's Practical English composition, Part 2

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...
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The Poems of William Cowper ...

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,...
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