 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] - Stran 4601813Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 strani
...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 - 1801 - 280 strani
...; 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 - 1802 - 350 strani
...; 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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 - 1806 - 234 strani
...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 - 1808 - 240 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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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