 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 cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him.  The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Page 664edited by Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...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...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 - 1801 - 280 pages
...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. 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 - 1801 - 284 pages
...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. Close behind his heel Now cteeps he slow; and now, with many a frisk' Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...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...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 pages
...lean, and threwd, with pointed ears, 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur — His d«g attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk WiJe-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
...man, to wield the aie And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears ....drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his suout; Then shakes his powdered coat, andtarks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 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...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 - 1808 - 236 pages
...behind by that of the poet:—• " Now,creeps'he slow; and now, with many a frisk, Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his snout, Then shakes his powder'd coat, and barks for joy." This is exquisitely told: had it been Homer's or Virgil's, how often... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...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, Snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry teeth, or ploughs it with his snout ; Then... | |
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