 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 - 1824 - 450 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... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...round ; And, while the bubbling and loud hissing ura Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." " The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...round ; And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." " The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Country life - 1824 - 314 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, Thus let us welcome peaceful evening in. COWPER'S Task. THE approach of the cold and rainy season had... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 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, Up let us welcome peaceful evening in. riot such his evening, who, with shining face. Sweats in the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 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... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...the 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; So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Ctncptr. PROPOSED 'WORKS. MR Bartlett, of Utica, New York proposes to publish by subscription, The... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 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 ; > — and the rich enjoyment of which I myself have so often known at your own cheerful fireside... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...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... | |
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