Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Newsman
He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spatter’d boots, strapp’d waist, and frozen locks;
News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Cowper.—The Task, Book IV. Line 5.
He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch,
Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief
Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some.
Cowper.—The Task, Book IV. Line 12.