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" 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 of William Cowper, Esq - Page 231
by William Cowper - 1824 - 427 pages
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Poems

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,...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 ?...
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to 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,...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...
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Family Records: Or, The Two Sisters, Volume 2

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,...
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... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and Academies

William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...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...
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Readings in poetry: a selection from the best English poets, from Spenser to ...

Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; Cold, and yet cheerful: messenger of grief 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, His horse and him, unconscious of them all. Or nymphs...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent ent leaf falls from the wood, and tosses to and fro...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,...
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Cyclopędia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous nd we are tired : Said Oilpin — So am I ! But yet...horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For w 0 the important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings?...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...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...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,...
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The Task: And Other Poems

William Cowper - 1845 - 394 pages
...trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally...them all. But O th' important budget ! usher'd in 93 With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings? have our troops awaked? Or do they...
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Illustrated London [engr. by A.H. Payne, with text by W.I. Bicknell. 2 pt ...

W I. Bicknell - 1846 - 602 pages
...Martin s-le-Grand. " TV expected bag, messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands ; and of joy to some ; — Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births,...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...
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