 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 of...  The Task: A Poem. In Six Books - Page 99by William Cowper - 1810 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...thousands, and 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...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important budget! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings? have... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...thousands, and 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, that trickled down the writer's check Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, aud the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheek* Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or eharg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, TOL< II. I Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings ?... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeki Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with amorous sighs of absent swain£,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 318 pages
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 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff Vent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles...the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with mn'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 pages
...thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. ftouses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles...With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks, . . . i -Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, .- ,, . ; . .. Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 320 pages
...ashes, or the fall of stocks, ' • I ~< Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet • , . . • .1 With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks, Fast as the periods from bis fluent quill, Or chargM with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 pages
...thousands, and of joy- to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. ' When I had retired to my chamber, the constant dashing of the fountain in the court-yard, the frequent... | |
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