 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...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His ... - Page 165by William Cowper - 1870 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh— I long to know them all ; I bum to set th' imprison'd wranglers free. And give them voice and...again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Jx!t fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...sale, Evenings in New England ; intended for 'uvenile Amusement and Instruction. By an American Lady. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...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;... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 410 pages
...of comfort, which the Christian's poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cup» That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let u» welcome peaceful eycnipg rn , Шб. The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud...laugh — I long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free. And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the fire, and close... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 35 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, 30 The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logick, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 35 Now stir the fire,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...popular harangue, the tart reply, The logie, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — 1 long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprison'd...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,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 336 pages
...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...sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pages
...and studiousness of attention. The same social poet has well described this fire-side delight:— ' 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,... | |
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