 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...  Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ... - Page 106by William Cowper - 1790 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...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,...on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed And bored with... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 theatre, and, squeea'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeez'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...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, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 468 pages
...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 ev'ning in. oh, Winter ! ruler of th' inverted year, I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pages
...Aud while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups • Thatcheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Never was snug hour more feelingly commenced ! — Cowper was not a great poet : his range was neither... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...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,...on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed And bored with... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...the curtains, wheel the sofa round : And while the bubbling and luud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate,...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." How different, however, is the lot of foreign missionaries. "Here we have no continuing cily," is the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1819 - 426 pages
...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 in. ' Ever since tea has been known, its clear and gentle powers of inspiration have been acknowledged,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeez'd... | |
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