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... Cowper: The task, with Tirocinium, and selections from the minor poems, A.D ... - Sivu 73tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1874Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| William Hone - 1827 - 892 sivua
...wretch" but, having obtained the newspaper, determines to enjoy himself, and cries Now stir the fire, aad close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud -hissing ora Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each.... | |
| William Hone - 1827 - 390 sivua
...the newspaper, determines to enjoy himself, and cries Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fasf, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing чш Throws up a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on nidi, So let us... | |
| Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 sivua
...and studiousness of attention. The same social poet has well described this fire-side delight:— ' 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.' This winter-pleasure being satisfactorily enjoyed, then come... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 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 his evening, who, with shining face, Sweats in the... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 336 sivua
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 226 sivua
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often jfave felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1828 - 468 sivua
...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...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,... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 428 sivua
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, 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,... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 340 sivua
...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 in : Still evening is the pleasantest portion of the day. Our yard... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 334 sivua
...often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, Now stir the fire, and close the shutters Past, 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 hut not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
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