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 of William Cowper, Esq - Strana 231podľa William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 427Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 438
...and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall...affect 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?... | |
| 1801 - Počet stránok 452
...and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indiff'rent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall...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 - Počet stránok 280
...Perhaps to 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 - Počet stránok 350
...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,...affect 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 - Počet stránok 302
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...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£,... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1805 - Počet stránok 526
...Perhaps to 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,...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 - Počet stránok 314
...Perhaps to 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,...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 - Počet stránok 320
...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 His horse and him, unconscious of diem all. When I had retired to my chamber, the constant dashing of tiie fountain in the court-yard,... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1806 - Počet stránok 342
...Perhaps to 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,...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 234
...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...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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