 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 - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...destined inn ; And, having dropp'd 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 of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 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 am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 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 indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; 10 And having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. Ho whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold and...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...ais 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...some ; / To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Methinks, as I have always thought, that Cowper here missed the expression of u kind feeling, and rather... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...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...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifif 'rent whether grief or joy. Methinks, as I have always thought, that Cowper's familiar description... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...hia one concern Is to conduct it to the desttn'd inn ; And, having drnpp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thous4nd*. and of joy to *ome¡ To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Mi-thinks, as I have always... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn : And, having dropp'dth' 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,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd 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,... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 506 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...to some ; To him indiff'rent, whether grief or joy. Methinks, as I have always thought, that Cowper here missed the expression, of a kind feeling, and... | |
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