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 - Page 98by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...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... | |
| 1801 - 452 pages
...of joy to some; To him indiff'rent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths and marriages, 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... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, 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 - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...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, epistles wet With tears,...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 - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. ftouses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet • '...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 - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...ashes, or the fall of stocks, ' • I ~< Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet • , . . • .1 With 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... | |
| Sir John Carr - Denmark - 1806 - 342 pages
...of joy- to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet . •...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 - 300 pages
...' a.\ To him indifferent whether grief or joy. '" Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, • . - Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet '. With...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally- affect - •'. \l- V-"... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...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 With tears,...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,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...sonic; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, y man, or rich or poor, A fortune asks, and asks no...Av'rice, whatever shape it bears, Must still be cou qiii.ll, Or charg'd with am'rotis fighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect, His... | |
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