 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 - Side 98av William Cowper - 1802Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 sider
...of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 sider
...to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Mirths, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheek* Fast as thi; periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am 'rous sighs of absent swains,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 sider
...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 wet With tears,...writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent qnill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally aifect His }KH... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 sider
...and of joy to snme ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet. With tears, that trickled down the writer's ehf r '** Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swiins,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 sider
...of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 sider
...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 wet With tears,...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 Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 sider
...joy to some ; To him, indifferent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...the periods from his fluent quill ; Or charg'd with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 sider
...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 wet With tears,...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 - 1822 - 258 sider
...and of jay to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeka Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
 | 1823 - 468 sider
...Messengers 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,...cheeks, Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or cloyed with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymph responsive. and thus commenced my journey on the... | |
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