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 Poems of William Cowper - Page 300by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column." .... Winter Evening .— CowrjjR. Bless my heart, how it rains — provoking ! now I can't go out this... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...laugh — I long to know 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... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...her plumed And jewelPd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand débat«. The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...And the loud laugh— I long to know them all ; I bum to set th' imprison'd wranglers free. And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the... | |
| J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...persevering to the end in what you esteem your duty. And now," he added, playfully quoting the poet, ' 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, Let us welcome peaceful evening in." " At the conclusion... | |
| William Cowper - 1825 - 252 pages
...wear her plumed And jewel'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...laugh — I long to know 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... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...wear her plumed And jewel'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...laugh — I long to know 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... | |
| Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...sale, Evenings in New England ; intended for 'uvenile Amusement and Instruction. By an American Lady. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws op a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each;... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 410 pages
...of 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...loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cup» That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let u» welcome peaceful eycnipg rn , Шб. The... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...all ; 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...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 - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...all ; 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...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... | |
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