 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 of...  The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Page 99by William Cowper - 1810 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...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, epistles...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 - 1839 - 554 pages
...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, epistles...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...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, epistles...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...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,...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings ?... | |
 | George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...thousands, and 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...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 - 456 pages
...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 - English fiction - 1841 - 232 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's chucks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, 20... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...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, epistles...quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...cheerful: messenger of grief To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, His horse and him, unconscious of them all. Or nymphs... | |
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