 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: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ... - Side 106av William Cowper - 1790 - 298 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sider
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sider
...the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and lond hissing urn ' Throws np a steamy 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 shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeea'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeez'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 sider
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 sider
...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 ev'ning in. oh, Winter ! ruler of th' inverted year, I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side... | |
 | 1814 - 550 sider
...Aud while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups • Thatcheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Never was snug hour more feelingly commenced ! — Cowper was not a great poet : his range was neither... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 sider
...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... | |
 | 1834 - 614 sider
...the curtains, wheel the sofa round : And while the bubbling and luud 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." How different, however, is the lot of foreign missionaries. "Here we have no continuing cily," is the... | |
 | 1819 - 426 sider
...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. ' Ever since tea has been known, its clear and gentle powers of inspiration have been acknowledged,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 sider
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeez'd... | |
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