 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...messenger of grief Pejhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiffrent 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,... | |
 | W I. Bicknell - 1846 - 602 pages
...Martin s-le-Grand. " TV expected bag, messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands ; and of joy to some ; — Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births,...marriages ; epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer'* cheeks Fast as the periods from the fluent quill ; Or charg'd with amorous sighs of absent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Hirths, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks >';,st as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, ''r nymphs... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent 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. But O the important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music ; who can say What are its tidings?... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains 20 Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh the important... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 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, and marriages, epistles wet VVith. tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeivs, Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, 'f... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks; Births, deaths, and marriages;...equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them nIl. But O the important budget! ushered in With such heart-shaking music ; who can say What are its... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 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, Oi nymphs responsive; equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marri iges, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But O, th' important budget ! ushercd in With such heart-shaking musie, who can say, What are its tidings?... | |
 | 1851 - 448 pages
...Perhaps, to thousands, and of joy to some ; Births, deaths, marriages ; epistles wet With tears which trickled down the writer's cheeks, Fast as the periods...his fluent quill ; Or charged with amorous sighs of ahsent swains, Or nymphs responsive." Coivpcr. WHILE the happy family at Tjallstorp are cele brating... | |
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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... 
