 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.  Poems - Page 141by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
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...his one concern Is to. conduct it to the destin'd inn; And having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...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... | |
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...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn; And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...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... | |
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...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, TOL< II. I Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's... | |
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...one concern Ts to conduft it to the destin'd inn ; 10. And, having dropp'd the expefted bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...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, and marriages,... | |
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 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...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... | |
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...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,... | |
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...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn ; And having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, •...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
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...for intelligence — the friend, the lover, and die merchant, for the postman had just arrived, the -Messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy-...indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet . • With tears, that trickled... | |
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...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd th' expected hag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...to 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... | |
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