 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
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...building up in the hearts of Christendom the mightier fabric of the Great Reformation ! WINTER EVENING. 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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...could a cup of tea have had a more marvellous effect ? No ! Look at tea in its right aspect : " And stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall...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,... | |
 | Fables - 1846 - 98 pages
...subjects calculated to amuse and instruct the domestic circle, it seems to respond to Cowper'a lines — ' 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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 th' imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance ouce again. Now stir the fire, and... | |
 | John Mather Austin - Marriage - 1847 - 414 pages
...have often admired the natural simplicity and beauty of Cowper's lines in his "Winter Evening" — " Now stir the fire and close the shutters fast, Let...sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing ura Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...light, When falling dews with spangles deck the glade, And the low sun has lengthen'd every shade. 16. 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 cup That cheers but not inebriates, waits on each,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...light, When falling dews with spangles deck the glade, And the low sun has lengthen'd every shade. 16. 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 cup That cheers but not inebriates, waits on each,... | |
 | Benjamin Isaac - 1847 - 74 pages
...are continued throughout the present month, which is peculiarly characterized by these operations. " 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 steam column, and the cups Which cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each,—... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...we gathered around the social board, " Now, " said my grandfather, in the words of the poet, — " 'Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cup Which cheers but not inebriates, waits on each : So let us welcome peaceful evening in!' "When... | |
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