He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatterd boots, strappd 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.