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, - Страница 74написао/ла William Cowper - 1817Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| 1840 - 378 страница
...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...the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him, unconscious... | |
| 1840 - 368 страница
...; And, having dropp'd th' 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 indiff' rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 страница
...locks: News from all nations lumb'ring at his back He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief, Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some." &c, — (:<wpgH. J (3) Original edition : — Now sing, my Muse, what various parts compose These rival... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1841 - 448 страница
...: And, having dropt th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he gws, light-hearted wretch t Cold, and yet cheerful, messenger of grief, Perhaps to thousands,...indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fallof stocks— Births, deaths and marriages—epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - 308 страница
...And, having dropped th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold, and yet cheerful; messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands,...to some; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 3. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1841 - 232 страница
...the falfof stocks— To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Births, deaths and marriages—epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or nymphs resoonsive, equally affect Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, His horse and him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 240 страница
...10 And having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. tie whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
| William Hone - 1841 - 894 страница
...; And, having dropp'd th* 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 indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Methinks, as I have always thought, that Cowper here missed the expression... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 166 страница
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. 15 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, 20... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 162 страница
...10 And having dropp'd th' 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 indifTrent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,... | |
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