 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
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...leaning pile Deciduous, or its 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 drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears 45... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcera'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary taskv Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears.... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...With such undeviating and even force He severs it away ; no needless care, Lest storms ahould overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced...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 earsAnd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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... | |
 | James Jennings - 1830 - 184 pages
...COWPER, in the Task, book v. The Winter's Morning Walk. " 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 ear, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...With such undeviating and even force He severs it away : no needles*) 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 mom to eve his solitsry task. Shaggy, and lean, and ahwwd.Tvith pointed ears, Arid... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1833 - 386 pages
...forest dwelling, and directs you how to find your way. " 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 liis solitary task !" I bade adieu to my kind entertainer, and again... | |
 | Penruddock - 1835 - 1122 pages
...AVE MARIA-LANE. 1835. LONDONi PRINTKD BY WILLIAM CLOWES. Uuk* Sireet, Lambeih. PENRUDDOCK. CHAPTER I. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful...man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear— From moru to ere his solitary task. THE day was far advanced when Walter Rayland passed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...needless care, Lest storms should overset the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. 40 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 45... | |
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