| Edward Mangin - 1808 - 240 páginas
...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 páginas
...pile : , Deciduous, or it's own unhalanced weight. ,'p Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern' J . The cheerful haunts of man ; to. wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest. djsJfl,,,i ,nn ^om mom to eve his solitary t#^ , .,.. ., fa9rii ,0 Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with... | |
| Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 páginas
...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 páginas
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe 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 - 1811 - 228 páginas
...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And...forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggv, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears * id tail cropp'd short, half lurcher aad half cur—... | |
| 1801 - 454 páginas
...passage already quoted by Mr. Toone. " Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropped short, half lurcher, 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... | |
| 1813 - 662 páginas
...the cows standing in the water, or that of Cowper's, of the woodman's dog on a frosty morning — ' Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears. And...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; Then... | |
| William Cowper - 1814 - 496 páginas
...Decidnons, or it's own nubalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving nnconcern'd The cheerfnl hannts of man ; to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in...shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lnrcher and half cnr, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Kow creeps he slow; and now, with... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 338 páginas
...leaning pile Deciduous, or it's own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now ereeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scamp'ring, snatches up the drifted snow With iv'ry... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...Heav'n stoops down to see. ' HI.. COWFER. THE WOODMAN. FORTH goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge ill yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. ,. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with... | |
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