 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...  The Task - Page 92by William Cowper - 1825 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...destin'd inn ; 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 pages
...destin'd inn ; 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 - 162 pages
...destin'd inn ; 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,... | |
 | James Carter, Thomas Carter - 1845 - 486 pages
...sharp and quick double-rap at the door announced the arrival of one who has been aptly described is 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... | |
 | 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
...on, Me whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perbaps to thousands, and of joy to some; To him indifferent...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...destined inn ; And, having dropped th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, 230 THE TASK. [BOOK iv. Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps...to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 15 Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...brings ; his one concern, Is to conduct it to the destined ian ; And, having dropped the expected hair, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light hearted wretch,...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... | |
 | 1915 - 558 pages
...lines quoted 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... | |
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