 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 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 the important budget ! usher'd in With such heart-shaking musie, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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,...quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, VOL. II. H Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O the... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiiV'mii whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's checks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births^deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled...absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His hone and him, unconscious of them all. But O, Unimportant budget ! ushered in With such heart-«holting... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes and tbe fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer'« cheeks Fast as the periods from bis fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...cheeka Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'd with am'rous sighs of absent swains, 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important budget! usher'd in With such heart-shaking musick, who can say What arc its tidings?... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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, and marriages, epistles wet Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs... | |
 | 1835 - 404 pages
...society of such a mass of various matter, who shall say ? The " important budget," which contains " Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages," with a kingdom's politics, losses, crimes, and accidents, has certainly the most extensive, perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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 the important budget ! usher'd in WTith such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
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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... 
