 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...  The United States Literary Gazette - Halaman 2061825Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 halaman
...knpvAhem tJl ; I bum to set th' imprisoned wraiulers. free, And give them voice and utterance onCc\gain. 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 halaman
...description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. THE NEWSPAPER.— Couper. 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 streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on... | |
 | William Howitt - 1831 - 596 halaman
...picture they draw of the winter fire-side. How often have those lines of Cowper been quoted, commencing, 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 steamy column,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 halaman
...a vain attempt Whom God delights in, and in whom he dwells. {From The Task.] THE WINTER'S EVENIXG. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who with... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 halaman
...the seasons, has so admirably consulted the tastes, the duties, and even the restlessness of man. " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." But ere the shutters close, and the curtains fall, may we not... | |
 | 1832 - 240 halaman
..."——Wliile the bubbling nod loud-hissing Urn , rrhrows up a steamy column, and the cops, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each ; So let us welcome peaceful EVENING in." — Cmcpcr. Miss B. Bless me, Miss S ! what a tremendous budget you have laid on the table. Well, let's... | |
 | James Holman - 1834 - 408 halaman
...with good dinners on the road, yet the morning and evening repasts were most grateful to me — " when the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each." It is true that, on these occasions, along with the steamy column... | |
 | 1834 - 440 halaman
...curves, resembling the scroll's of Ionic capitals, and showing beneath romantic caves and canopies. 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 steamy column,... | |
 | 1834 - 426 halaman
...observing to his friends, " you both look hungry ?" and when the waiter made his appearance exclaimed, " now stir the fire and close the shutters fast — let fall the curtain — wheel the sofa round — now let us weleome peaceful evening in." " Peaceful ! do you call... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 halaman
...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...Throws up a 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... | |
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