 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
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, 10 And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled... | |
 | Arthur Max Hantsche - Nature in literature - 1901 - 160 pages
...»With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist and frozen locks, »News from all nations lumbering at his back. »He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch »Cold...»Perhaps to thousands and of joy to some, »To him indifferent whether grief or joy.« (IX, 163, 5 — 13.) sie in ihrem Elend und ihrer schmutzigen Armut... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 654 pages
...the expected bag — pass an. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet ch:erful : messenger of grief 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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 666 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And, having dropp'd the expected 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. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | John N. Crawford - Authors, English - 1903 - 442 pages
...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 — Cold...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some : To him indifferent, whether grief or joy. The important budget is received and all are eager to hear the news... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1903 - 692 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And, having dropp'd the expected 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. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1904 - 476 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1904 - 324 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And, having dropp'd the expected 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. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 716 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn : 10 And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 948 pages
...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...stocks, . Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles, wet (- f With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks . Fast as the periods from his fluent quill,... | |
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