And having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, • Cold and yet cheerful ; messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall... Poems of William Cowper, Esq - Page 231by William Cowper - 1824 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important budget! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings?... | |
| 1801 - 452 pages
...and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall...epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's check Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, aud the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheek* Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or eharg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, TOL< II. I Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeki Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with amorous sighs of absent swain£,... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff Vent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with mn'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. ftouses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks, . . . i -Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, .- ,, . ; . .. Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks, Fast as the periods from bis fluent quill, Or chargM with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of diem all. When I had retired to my chamber, the constant dashing of tiie fountain in the court-yard,... | |
| Sir John Carr - Denmark - 1806 - 342 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy- to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. ' When I had retired to my chamber, the constant dashing of the fountain in the court-yard, the frequent... | |
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