 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, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a ... - Page 77by William Cowper - 1853 - 785 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 3fi Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So-let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. THE NEWSPAPER.— Couper. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...tJl ; I bum to set th' imprisoned wraiulers. free, And give them voice and utterance onCc\gain. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...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,... | |
 | William Howitt - 1831 - 596 pages
...Cowper been quoted, commencing, Now stir the fire and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Such is the BHITISH... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...vain attempt Whom God delights in, and in whom he dwells. {From The Task.] THE WINTER'S EVENIXG. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed... | |
 | James Holman - 1834 - 408 pages
...with good dinners on the road, yet the morning and evening repasts were most grateful to me — " when the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy...cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each." It is true that, on these occasions, along with the steamy column of the poet's urn, I had the more... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...beneath romantic caves and canopies. Now stir the fire and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Such is the winter... | |
 | 1834 - 604 pages
...shutters frut, Let fall the curtains, wheel the »ofa 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 as welcome peaceful evening in." How different, however, is the lot of foreign missionaries. " Here... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pages
...upon this wretch," but, having obtained the newspaper, determines to enjoy himself,' and cries Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast. Let fall...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment, he directs his sole attention to the newspaper,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...all ; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...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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