 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, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee - Page 80by William Cowper - 1900Full view - About this book
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...tet fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and lond hissing urn ' Throws np a steamy column, and the 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 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...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 crowded theatre, and, squeez'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 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 ey'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 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...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 476 pages
...domestic fire-side, as our lamented Cowper. I am tempted to add a few of these interesting sketches. 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,... | |
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...dissipates at once the twilight and the sunshine; and the ambitious dreamer is summoned to his tea .' 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 cheev, but not inebriate, wait on cacti,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 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...column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait OH each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining fact Sweats... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...crumbs Attract hU tender feet. THOMSON. A WINTER EVENING. NOW stir (he fire, and close the shatters fast ; Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round ; And, while the bubbling and load hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the caps, That cheer, but uot inebriate, wait on each,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...them all ; I burn to set th' irnprison'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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...them all ; I hurn to set th' imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the huhhling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy columu, and the cups, That cheer hut not inehriate,... | |
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