 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
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 sider
...and of joy to some; To him indifPrent 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 - 1824 - 446 sider
...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 - 1824 - 450 sider
...and of joy to some; To him indiffrent 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 charg'dwith am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 sider
...to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or Joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks,' Hirths, deaths and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks ''ast as the periods from his fluent quill. Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains. Or nymphs... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 248 sider
...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...affect 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 sider
...of joy to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,..., 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 sider
...of joy to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, 90 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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?... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 sider
...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 - 1830 - 328 sider
...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, VOL. II. H Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse... | |
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