 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 tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him.  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 4601813Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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...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 - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...; to wield the ax< And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears And...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 - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...; 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...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... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...forest drear. From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur...heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his snout; 50 Then... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...From morn to eve his solitary task,. Shaggy 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, and now, with many a frisk, Wide scampering, snatches up the drifted snow With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears . And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends...heel Now creeps he slow; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his suout; Then... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, 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 slow j and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...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 - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...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... | |
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