 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of ahsent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh th' important hudget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...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,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O th' important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | Samuel Woodworth - 1818 - 308 pages
...hit ; A •Vpws-Carrier's Address, for January I, 1811. The pestilence, which human science mocks, " Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths and marriages," marine events, Ships spoke, arrived, or just departing hence. Soft eloquence here lubricates the page,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 of stocks, Births, deaths,...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - 1819 - 194 pages
...o'er yonder bridge, He comes the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back, Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages ; epistles wet. AMUSEMENTS. RIDES AND WALKS. The surrounding country is extremely favourable for riding and walking.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...to some ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Mirths, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheek* Fast as thi; periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am 'rous sighs of absent swains,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...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,...writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent qnill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally aifect His }KH... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands and of joy to snme ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...epistles wet. With tears, that trickled down the writer's ehf r '** Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swiins,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...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,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O th' important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...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 of stocks, Births, deaths,...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,... | |
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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. Houses in ashes, and the fall... 
