 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 People of China: Their History, Court, Religion, Government ... to which ... - Page 2001799 - 336 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'rance once again. 35 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,... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 390 pages
...shutters fasf, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing чш Throws up a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on nidi, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment,... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 pages
...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 fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 336 pages
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing uru Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pages
...and studiousness of attention. The same social poet has well described this fire-side delight:— ' 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,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...them all ; I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. 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,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 226 pages
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often jfave felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, 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,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 428 pages
...luxury of comfort, which the Christian poet must often have felt, before he could so sweetly have sung, 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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 fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | 1829 - 506 pages
...gentle 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 fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling, and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
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