 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 - Page 135by William Cowper - 1786Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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... | |
 | 1836 - 372 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 doubly welcome, as we sit there in warm repose, listening to the driving rain. The wind rustles... | |
 | New selection, Francis BEARDSALL - Hymns, English - 1836 - 170 pages
...— ES** For Temperance Festivals. " And while the'bubbl'ing 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." COWPER. 24. c. M. An Address to Tea. Oh, tea! with thee goes forth a charm Unknown to spirit's rules... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissmg urn Throws up a streamy 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 shinmg face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeez'd... | |
 | 1836 - 456 pages
...sofa round. And while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column, and the cups Tbat cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in 1'' From his close retreat at Olney, the follies and vices of the world without stood before his keenly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 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 evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 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 evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the... | |
 | William Henry De Merle - 1837 - 966 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. COWFER. WE have said that Saltenham was once the city of villas: in those days it was probably wise... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...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, wait on each. So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment, he directs his sole attention... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing um Throws up a steamy column, and the cup3, 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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