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" Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening... "
Poems - Page 77
by William Cowper - 1854
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The People of China: Their History, Court, Religion, Government ... to which ...

1799 - 354 pages
...our own country is well known. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round; And while the bubbling and loud-hissing...the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. CoWPER. Thus we have reason to be thankful to Divine Providence...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, '...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'raace once again. Now stir the tire, uiul close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel...loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, BEAUTIES «F COWPER. That cheer but not inebriate, wait ofl each, So le.t us welcome peaceful ev'ning...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...long to know them all ; 1 burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. 35 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters...cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who, with shining face. Sweats in the...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...them all ; I bum to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...them all ; I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, . And while ths bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...*H4'' '" I hurn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, ' - .') And give them voree and utt'rance once Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, .' ..-. '.M And, while the huhhling and loud hissing urn" ' '. ' Throws up a steamy column, and the...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...them all; I burn to set th* imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt* ranee once again. sooner are undone. I Here have 1 seen the King, when...to the chace by ajl the flow'r Of youth, whose ho cnpj That cheer not to inebriate, wait on each. So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each ; So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face, Sweats in the...
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