 Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs...  Family Records: Or, The Two Sisters - Page 97by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1841Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 474 pages
...by twenty others from the various guards as they trotted over the pavement _ 1. Messengers of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some ; Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks ; Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...his one concern Is to conduct it to the destined inn; And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch! Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; Cold, and yet cheerful: messenger of grief To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes,... | |
 | W I. Bicknell - 1846 - 602 pages
...hare him by the nose !" POST-OFFICE, Saint 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, deaths, and marriages ; epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer'*... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...expected bag, pass on. Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks, Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears, that trickled down the writer's... | |
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