...the leaning pile Deeiduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive...Shaggy and lean and shrewd, with pointed ears And tail eropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now ereeps he...

...more valuable pictors at a feast." l62 THE OLD WOODMAN. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive...forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. COWPER. AT the very base of Warton Woodhouse stands the cottage of Abraham Clark, the old woodman....

...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him. Close bebind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now with many a frisk Wide -scampering, snatches up the drifted...

...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. 40 Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur — His dog attends him. Close behind his heel...

...attention on a still, clear day, and tells him of the labours of one Who wields the axe, And drives the wedge in yonder forest drear From morn to eve his solitary tu.sk. The hedger, too, is busily engaged in repairing the fences of his employer. The field-work is...

...this is the best time to set about the work; therefore — Perth goes the woodman, leaving unconcerned The cheerful haunts of man : to wield the axe, And...and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropped short, half lurcher and half cur, Ills dog attends him. Close behind his heel Now creeps he...

...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. 40 Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur — His dog attends him. Close behind his heel...

...leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. 40 Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...task. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears 45 And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur — His dog attends him. Close behind his heel...

...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanc'd weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving uncoucern'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...

...the leaning pile Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight. Forth goes the woodman, leaving unconcern'd The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe, And...lurcher, and half cur. His dog attends him. Close bebind his heel Xow creeps he slow ; and now, with many a frisk Wide-scampering, snatches up the drifted...