 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 Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...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 a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each.... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — 1 long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance...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 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... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 336 pages
...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...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, So let us welcome... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 506 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 a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...playing tricks with nature, giving laws o distant worlds, and trifling in their own. THE NEWSPAPER. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a steaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...decently, and left him there, As if his rest had been a breathing sleep. THE NEWSPAPER. — Cowper. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...her pluiu'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...loud laugh— I long to know them all ; I burn to set th' iinprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now stir the fire, and... | |
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