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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. "
Poems - Page 141
by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pages
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Guide to the Chalybeate Spring of Thetford: Exhibiting the General and ...

Friedrich Christian Accum - 1819 - 194 pages
...o'er yonder bridge, He comes the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back, Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages ; epistles wet. AMUSEMENTS. RIDES AND WALKS. The surrounding country is extremely favourable for riding and walking....
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...his one concern Is to conduet it to the destin'd inn ; And having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch. Cold...messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands and of joy to snme ; To him indifTrent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...the destined inn ; And, having dropt 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 indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...brings, his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn, And having dropt the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes ; light-hearted wretch, Cold,...Perhaps, to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him, indifferent, whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths and marriages,...
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THE KEY TO THE EXERCISES FOR THE ILLUSTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES ...

W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...the destined inn, And having dropt 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, 6. TIMOI.EON. Timoleon, the Corinthian, was a truly illustrious man. He was prudent, temperate, patient...
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The Album, Volume 3

1823 - 468 pages
...as they trotted over the pavement — Messengers of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births,...cheeks, Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or cloyed with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymph responsive. and thus commenced my journey on the...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn : And, having dropp'dth' expected bag, pass on. . He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charg'dwith am'rous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destin'd inn ; And, having dropp'd the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages,...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...strapp'd waist, and frozen locks, News from all nations lumb'ring at his back. Cowper's Task, b. 4. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold...of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, NIGHT. The day is fled, and dismal night descends, Casting her sable arms around the world, And folding...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...And, having dropp'd th' expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Coldand 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 of stocks,' Hirths, deaths and marriages,...
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