 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
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pages
...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,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all.... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - Glasgow (Scotland) - 1890 - 658 pages
...place, at the sametime with as much ease, probably, as Samson did with his green withes, — " Cold, and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swain." It may be interesting here to notice the fact, that at the period referred to, next... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1890 - 516 pages
...i 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,...to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. i Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1891 - 204 pages
...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,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...News from all nations lumbering at his back. Cowper. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch Cold and yet cheerful : messenger 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
...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,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 348 pages
...10 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,...to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast... | |
 | 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,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all.... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 816 pages
...light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, 15 To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1899 - 788 pages
...And having dropped the expected bag — puss on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold and yet cheerful : messenger 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... | |
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