 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, - Strona 74autor: William Cowper - 1817Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Cowper - 1801 - Liczba stron: 280
...inn; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, aud the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | 1801 - Liczba stron: 452
...inn; And having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths and marriages,... | |
 | 1802 - Liczba stron: 302
...10. And, having dropp'd the expefted bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands,...to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - Liczba stron: 350
...; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, TOL< II. I Births, deaths,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - Liczba stron: 320
...ashes, or the fall of stocks, ' • I ~< Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet • , . . • .1 With 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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - Liczba stron: 526
...for intelligence — the friend, the lover, and the merchant, for the postman had just arrived, the --Messenger of grief 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,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - Liczba stron: 314
...intelligence — the friend, the lover, and the merchant; for th« postman had just arrived, the . •• • -Messenger of grief 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Liczba stron: 234
...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,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - Liczba stron: 338
...some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. K 3 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stock*,r. '' m Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet . With tears, that trickled down the writer's check* : Fast as the periods from his fluent qaill, ' ici/l Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of ahsent... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - Liczba stron: 526
...inn; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the foil of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
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