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. Poems - Sayfa 141William Cowper tarafından - 1800 - 420 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| British poets - 1809 - 526 sayfa
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn; And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the foil of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 sayfa
...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 - 1810 - 212 sayfa
...his one concern Is to conduct it to its destin'd inn, And, having dropp'd the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...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 - 1810 - 280 sayfa
...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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 sayfa
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet Cat'racts of declamation thunder here ; There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which all comprehension... | |
| William Cowper - 1814 - 496 sayfa
...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 sayfa
...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 - 1817 - 248 sayfa
...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 - 1818 - 308 sayfa
...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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1819 - 306 sayfa
...destin'd inn ; 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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