 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 - 1891 - 204 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...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,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...spatter'd boote, strapp'd waist, ant frozen locks; News from all nations lumbering at his back. Cowper. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch Cold...of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of Joy to some. Ibid. NEWSPAPERS. A BEACON LIGHT. The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 656 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...And he that lies most loud, is most believ'd. Dryden, Sp. Ff, He whistles as he goes, liglit-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief...joy to some, To him indifFrent whether grief or joy. Cotoper, Task, iv. 12. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not e'en critics criticise ; that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 348 pages
...messenger of 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1898 - 330 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and. the fall of stocks, Births,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1898 - 334 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, I0 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. *S Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 788 pages
...one concern 10 Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And having dropped the expected bag — puss on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold...of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, 20 Or... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 816 pages
...and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, 15 To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall...stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet WILLIAM COWPER 251 With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent... | |
 | Scotland - 1900 - 544 pages
...conduct it to the destined inn ; And having dropped the expected bag, pass on. . . 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,... | |
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