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 Little gleaner - Page 94publié par - 1854Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 2005 - 656 pages
...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...wait on each So let us welcome peaceful evening in. (Cowper, 1785, 1968:466) Cowper continues accentuating this pleasant evening with what he sees as a... | |
| William Hone - 2003 - 476 pages
...intelligence, of which he is ignorant, why should it be "To him indifferent whether grief or joy?" Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.5 This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment, he directs his sole attention... | |
| William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...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 fast, Let...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... | |
| Bharat Tandon - 2003 - 319 pages
...comfortably composed nest from which news of the bustling world outside can be contemplated at leisure ('Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,/ Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round'). 118 Priestman writes of this double bind in the poem: 'the ideal of ease, once attained, immediately... | |
| Bharat Tandon - 2003 - 320 pages
...comfortably composed nest from which news of the bustling world outside can be contemplated at leisure ('Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,/ Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round').118 Priestman writes of this double bind in the poem: 'the ideal of ease, once attained, immediately... | |
| Dolores Snyder - 2004 - 220 pages
...Queen Elizabeth. A recent new one is Queen Catherine Blend for Catherine of Braganza. Tea Equipage "Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steady column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful... | |
| Randy Florke, Nancy Jane Becker - 2005 - 200 pages
...Roc M•^•^•••••^•^•^•^•^••••i^•••••••-^•^•M'^^i re, and close the shutters fast, let fall the curtains,...while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn throws up a skinny column . . . so let us welcome peaceful evening in. —William Cowper, The Task Pale hues and... | |
| Claudia Kinmonth - 2006 - 338 pages
...quotes from William Cowper's poem of 1785, 'The Task', from which the painting's title was derived: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each So let us weleome peaceful ev'ning in. Although the poem indicates the trappings of a middle-class home, the... | |
| Randy Florke, Nancy J. Becker - 2006 - 214 pages
...creates a lovely still life. I • i Rooms for LingeringLiving Rooms V Now stir the fire, and dose the shutters fast, let fall the curtains, wheel the...while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn throws up a skinny column . . . so let us welcome peaceful evening in. — William Cowper, The Task •4 Pale hues... | |
| Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss - 2007 - 440 pages
...a cup that is well made and shows off the attributes of the tea you sought out in the marketplace. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. — WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800) CHAPTER 7 TEA CUSTOMS... | |
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