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" 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 - Page 141
by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pages
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Chambers's graduated readers, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. 2. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...grief 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,...
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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...brings, his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn; 10 And, having dropp'd the expected bag, itor-knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae...coward! turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and l indifferent whether grief or joy. i", Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, death,, and...
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The poetical works of William Cowper [ed.] with prefatory notice by E. Hope

William Cowper - 1885 - 352 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, 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 indiff rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...one concern kp 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...grief 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,...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...to conduct it to the destln'd inn; And having dropp'd the expected hag, pass on. He whistles as lie 's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's...«iu«re DICKENS. 44<> wall of a forehead, which had Home.' . . . With expectant hand we open the close-packed load, to learn the tidings from noisy London,...
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History of English Literature: By H.A. Taine, Translated by H. Van ..., Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 pages
...inn, And, having dropped the expected bag, pass OB. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, CoW and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some.'1 At last we have the precious ' close-packed load ;' we open it ; we wish to hear the many noisy...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 4

Hippolyte Taine - 1887 - 506 pages
...destine^ inn. And, having dropped thé expt^ed bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretchl Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some. *!. Now stir thé fire, and close thé shutiers fast, Let fall thé curtains, \vheel thé sofa round,...
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The Poetical Works

William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it io the destined inn, 10 And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...grief 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,...
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Harper's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, i And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. i Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...
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Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland: Containing the Trial ...

Peter Mackenzie - 1890 - 658 pages
...that place, at the sametime with as much ease, probably, as Samson did with his green withes, — " 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 stocks, Births, deaths, and...
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