 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...  Poems, - Page 74by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...and yet cheerful ; mc.ssenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to sonic; To him indifTrent . Dons was rich enough, 'tis trot ; Her lord must give her title too : Aad ev' marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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 indiff 'rent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the full of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | James Lawrence - Prisoners of war - 1810 - 280 pages
...gave up all hopes derived from his petition ; but on the 1st of April, 1807, the same courier, --- Messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some', To him indifferent whether grief who brought an order for Mr. Sturt's beingconveyed close prisonerto Bifsche, .brought Mr. Payne the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...of grief Perhaps to thonsands, and of joy to some ; To him indifI'rent whether grief or joy. Honses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his flnent qnill, Or charg'd with am'rons sighs of absent swaius, Or nymphs respousive, eqnally affect... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, Ught-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cneerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rcDt whether grief or joy. K 3 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and jet cheerliil ; messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him iiidilFront whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | Samuel Woodworth - American poetry - 1818 - 308 pages
...hit ; A •Vpws-Carrier's Address, for January I, 1811. The pestilence, which human science mocks, " Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths and marriages," marine events, Ships spoke, arrived, or just departing hence. Soft eloquence here lubricates the page,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...; And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, passou. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wreteh, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief .Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Mirths, deaths, and marriages,... | |
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