 | 1864 - 726 sider
...short days and long nights, with its snow and frost, its holidays, and its Christmas family-gatherings. "Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast ; Let fall the curtain! ; wheel the aof* round ; And, while the bubbling and loudhissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | John Mather Austin - 1847 - 414 sider
...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... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 sider
...long to know them all; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters...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,... | |
 | 1888 - 1026 sider
...und seinen aufmerksamen Zuhörern aus der Zeitung vorliest, welche der Postbote hineingeworfen hat. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the eurtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing um Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | R. E. F. Smith, David Christian - 1984 - 426 sider
...held a place on the sideboard of the wealthier classes from about the middle of the 18th century'.96 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,... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 sider
...then in secret sin. But for love of sheer domesticity, look at this picture of a cosy evening at home: 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,... | |
 | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees - 1997 - 606 sider
...clearly lost out to the stimulating but calming and comforting effects of the beverage and its rituals: 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 M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 sider
...and success Perhaps may crown us; but to fly is safe. The Task 1 1 78s) bk. 3 The Garden' I. 686 31 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sola round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 368 sider
...Shaws-Castle, and you shall hear of my speed in wooing for you to-morrow morning.' CHAPTER XXXIV A TEA-PARTY Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round; And while the bubbling and loud kissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, Thus... | |
 | 2005 - 656 sider
...once in the country he was glad of his cozy spot where he coined the oft-quoted lines that follow: 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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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... 
