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 98autor: William Cowper - 1802Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| William Cowper - 1830 - Liczba stron: 328
...Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, VOL. II. H Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O the important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Liczba stron: 256
...and of joy to some ; To him indiiV'mii whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's checks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - Liczba stron: 602
...; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births^deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled...cheeks, Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His hone and him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - Liczba stron: 192
...stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeka Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important... | |
| 1831 - Liczba stron: 472
...and of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes and tbe fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer'« cheeks Fast as the periods from bis fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - Liczba stron: 620
...deaths, and marriages, epistles wet Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive — equally...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh, the important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings ?... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - Liczba stron: 206
...grief or joy. House* in ashes, and the fall of stocks, 7 'JO Births, deaths, and marriages, epislles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important budget ! usher'dm With such heart-shaking musick, who can say What are its tidings?... | |
| 1836 - Liczba stron: 424
...With tears that trickled down the writers cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or cbarg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive,...unconscious of them all. But oh, th' -important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings ; have our troops awak'd... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - Liczba stron: 402
...of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
| Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - Liczba stron: 336
...of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths, and marriages ; epistles wet With...cheeks, Fast as the periods from his fluent quill ; Or nymphs responsive ; equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh ! the important... | |
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