 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall t Chambers"% Chambers Robert" Robert Chambers( charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall down on the wind. The summer is gone with all hi» flowers j summer, the season of the muses ; charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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 9wains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiffrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important budget! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | W I. Bicknell - 1846 - 602 pages
...bag, messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands ; and of joy to some ; — Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths, and marriages ; epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer'* cheeks Fast as the periods from the fluent quill ; Or charg'd with amorous sighs of absent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Hirths, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks >';,st as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, ''r nymphs... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 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 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or 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 - 1849 - 508 pages
...Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, 'f charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Jl nynaphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say, What are its tidings... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or 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,... | |
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