 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
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...her plumed 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 the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace ; ; 885 386 , Or do we grind her still ? The graud 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 utterance once again, Now stir the fire, and... | |
 | 1836 - 372 pages
...wet weather can afford, what can compare with the comfortable, consoling, satisfying evening hours. " 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...all ; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. 35 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangr.e. the tart reply. The logic, and the wisdom, and the...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...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...wheel the sofa round. And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up ft steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each.... | |
 | William Hone - Great Britain - 1838 - 890 pages
...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...wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urm Throws up a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Boys - 1839 - 194 pages
...lives to have attained. How peculiar to himself is the picture of happiness which his fancy draws ! — 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,... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...awhile his torpid touch delays, And all is joy and piety and praise. CBADBK. THE EVENING NEWSPAPER. 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,... | |
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