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A Messenger. 
ACH mind is press’d, and open every ear, 
~ To- hear new tidings, though they no way joy us 
—Fairfax. 
HE rabble gather round the man of news, ET the first bringer of unwelcome news 
And listen with their mouths wide open: some Hath but a losing office; and his tongue 
Tell, some hear, some judge of news, some make it, Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, 
And he that lies most loud is most believed. Remember’d knolling a departing friend. 
—Dryden. — Shakespeare. 
ET me hear from thee by letters 
Of thy success in love; and what news else 
Betideth here, in absence of thy friend. 
% — Shakespeare. 
E whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, RIS there, with humid bow, 
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief Waters the odorous banks that blow 
Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some; Flowers of more mingled hue 
To him indifferent whether grief or joy. ‘Than her purpled scarf can show. 
—Cowper. —.Vilton. 
IVE to a gracious message 
An host of tongues; but let ill tidings tell 
\ Themselves, when they be felt. — Shakespeare. tf 
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