 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 - Side 141av William Cowper - 1800 - 420 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 sider
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; 10 And having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold...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, and marriages,... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 sider
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sider
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn ; And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. wid ; These, mingle«! with the young, the gay, approach...spite of all their ills, A glow of gladness feel ; w indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn ; And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. orest fades, And, shaking to the wind, The leaves...wilderness behind. ' The hoar-frost glitters on the grou indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 sider
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn ; And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch ! Cold...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
 | James Carter, Thomas Carter - 1845 - 486 sider
...sharp and quick double-rap at the door announced the arrival of one who has been aptly described is the "messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some." To us he had sometimes been the bearer of disastrous or otherwise unwelcome tidings, but on this occasion... | |
 | W I. Bicknell - 1846 - 602 sider
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 sider
...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 and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Pejhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiffrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 sider
...one concern 1= to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd the expected bag, pass on, Me whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perbaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes,... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 sider
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths, and marriages...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,... | |
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