...And,, having dropped th' expepted bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Gold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands,...his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Oi nymphs responsive; equally affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But...

...And, having dropped the expected hair, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful, messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands,...indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, or the fall of stocks; Births, deaths, and marriages; epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the...

...by READER, which really гш» as follows : — He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch ! Cold and yet cheerful ; messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, are to be found in ' The Winter Evening * (Book IV.) of Cowper's ' Task,' commencing with the twelfth...

...sharp and quick double-rap at the door announced the arrival of one who has been aptly described as the "messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some." To us he had sometimes been the bearer of disastrous or otherwise unwelcome tidings, but on this occasion...

...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...amorous sighs of ahsent swains, Or nymphs responsive." Coivpcr. WHILE the happy family at Tjallstorp are cele brating the Count's betrothal with Virginia,...

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...destin'd inn; 10 And, having dropp'd the expected bag, He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold (1) base as be a slave? Traitor! coward! turn and...Scotland's king and law Freedom's ր 0 i", Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, death,, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...

...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,...

...inn; And having dropp'd the expected hag, pass on. He whistles as lie goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to Home.' . . . With expectant hand we open the close-packed load, to learn the tidings from noisy London,...