 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...  Cowper: The task, with Tirocinium, and selections from the minor poems, A.D ... - Strona 72autor: William Cowper - 1875Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1829 - Liczba stron: 506
...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...cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment,... | |
 | North Ludlow Beamish - 1829 - Liczba stron: 234
...his sleeping master, he adjourned to the drawing-room. CHAPTER X. A CONTRETEMS. Non amo tc. MARTIAL. And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, ' To let us welcome peaceful evening in. COWPER. " WILL you take tea or coffee, Mr. Butler ?" said... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Liczba stron: 256
...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 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - Liczba stron: 334
...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...wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - Liczba stron: 328
...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 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,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - Liczba stron: 516
...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...wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a steaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - Liczba stron: 192
...all; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 3fi Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...cups, That cheer but not 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - Liczba stron: 602
...knpvAhem tJl ; I bum to set th' imprisoned wraiulers. free, And give them voice and utterance onCc\gain. 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - Liczba stron: 356
...description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. THE NEWSPAPER.— Couper. 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 streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on... | |
 | William Howitt - 1831 - Liczba stron: 596
...picture they draw of the winter fire-side. How often have those lines of Cowper been quoted, commencing, Now stir the fire and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
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