| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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 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,... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...passages from a poet who seems to have felt the true pleasures of these social moments : — " 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, Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 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...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,... | |
| 1824 - 312 pages
...excellent. — He died of natural decay, BC 361, aged 109. Vatietie*. ATTEMPTED AUTHORSHIP. — "Now strr the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the...wheel the sofa round. And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column." .... Winter Evening .— CowrjjR. Bless my heart, how... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Jx!t fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while...bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, Up let us welcome peaceful evening in. riot... | |
| 1824 - 446 pages
...true pleasures of these social moments : — " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, !,et fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round ; And, while the bubbling and loud hissing ura Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
| Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...Evenings in New England ; intended for 'uvenile Amusement and Instruction. By an American Lady. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws op a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each; So let us welcome peaceful... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 35 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 35 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...loud-hissing urn , • Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 410 pages
...comfort, which the Christian's poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, 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 cup» That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
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