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 - 1835 - Liczba stron: 406
...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 tears,...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - Liczba stron: 416
...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...down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from hU fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally jffrect... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - Liczba stron: 404
...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains 2ft Or nymphs responsive, equally affect 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 - 1837 - Liczba stron: 534
...and of joy to some; To him indifFrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O th' important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - Liczba stron: 554
...and 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 tears...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains Or nymphs responsive, equally affeet His horse and him,... | |
| 1841 - Liczba stron: 986
...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 tears,...Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, — Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
| 1840 - Liczba stron: 378
...of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. 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 am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - Liczba stron: 308
...of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 3. 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, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - Liczba stron: 456
...tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive,...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... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1841 - Liczba stron: 232
...the falfof stocks— To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Births, deaths and marriages—epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or nymphs resoonsive, equally affect Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, His horse and him,... | |
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