 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, - Страница 74написао/ла William Cowper - 1817Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1836 - 456 страница
...amusements of general society. Did ever language better convey the idea of the English word, comfort: — " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast. Let fall the cm tains, wheel t he sofa round. And while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 страница
...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...the curtains, 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,... | |
 | William Henry De Merle - 1837 - 966 страница
...OREEN, & LONGMAN, »ATI»NO'. I ! '•- 11. •«• ; 1837. GLENLONELY. CHAPTER XI. TEA AMD CHIT-CHAT. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 страница
...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 close the shutters fast, Let...the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing um Throws up a steamy column, and the cup3, That cheer but not inebriate,... | |
 | William Hone - 1838 - 890 страница
...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...the curtains, 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 страница
...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...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,... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 страница
...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...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,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1839 - 356 страница
...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...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,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1839 - 194 страница
...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...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,... | |
 | 1839 - 658 страница
...social relations connected with tea-drinking the Doctor is eloquent, and borrows from the poets : — " 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 stenrny column,... | |
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