 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...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,...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,... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pàgines
...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,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pàgines
...Perhaps to thousands, 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pàgines
...some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, TOL< II. I Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears,...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,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pàgines
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. 1* Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...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 - 1805 - 526 pàgines
...Perhaps to thousands, 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,...cheeks, Fast as 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,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 pàgines
...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indiff'rent whether grief or joy. ftouses in ashes, or the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pàgines
...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 of stocks, Births,...affect His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But oh the important budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music, who can say What are its tidings... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pàgines
...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of. joy to some; ' a.\ To him indifferent whether grief or joy. '" Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks,...absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally- affect - •'. \l- V-" His horse and hirn, unconscious of them all. ' 1. But oh the important budget ! ushered... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...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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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... 
