 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...  The task; Tirocinium, etc - Sivu 72tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1875Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1836 - 372 sivua
...wet weather can afford, what can compare with the comfortable, consoling, satisfying evening hours. " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." And doubly welcome, as we sit there in warm repose, listening... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 sivua
...them 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...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such is evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 sivua
...the wisdom and the wit And the loud laugh — I long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance...round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn I Throws up a steamy column, and the cups ^That cheer but not inebriate,} wait on each, 40 So let us... | |
 | 1836 - 424 sivua
...them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again, Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...wheel the sofa round ; And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer not to inebriate, wait ou each,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 sivua
...them 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...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,... | |
 | New selection, Francis BEARDSALL - 1836 - 170 sivua
...Christ, for ever blest — ES** For Temperance Festivals. " And while the'bubbl'ing 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 in." COWPER. 24. c. M. An Address to Tea. Oh, tea! with thee goes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 sivua
...free, And give them voice and utt'rance once agam. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast^ te: fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissmg urn Throws up a streamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
 | 1836 - 456 sivua
...amusements of general society. Did ever language better convey the idea of the English word, comfort: — " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast. Let fall the cm tains, wheel t he sofa round. And while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 sivua
...gentle eye upon this wretch," but, having obtained the newspaper, determines to enjoy himself, and cries Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up ft steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each. So let us welcome peaceful... | |
 | William Henry De Merle - 1837 - 966 sivua
...OREEN, & LONGMAN, »ATI»NO'. I ! '•- 11. •«• ; 1837. GLENLONELY. CHAPTER XI. TEA AMD CHIT-CHAT. 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,... | |
| |
