 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 Sewanee Review - Page 1671916Full 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,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...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 — His dog attends...snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his snout; 50 Then shakes his powiier'd coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 ....snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his suout; Then shakes his powdered coat, andtarks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 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... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...lively, as if they were realized to sight. Take for instance a passage already quoted by Mr. Toone. " Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And...half cur, His dog attends him. — Close behind his heels Now creeps he slow ; and now with many a frisk Wide scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow... | |
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