 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
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...playing tricks with nature, giving laws o distant worlds, and trifling in their own. THE NEWSPAPER. 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 steaming... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pages
...decently, and left him there, As if his rest had been a breathing sleep. THE NEWSPAPER. — Cowper. 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 streaming... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...them all ; I burn to set th' iinprison'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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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,... | |
 | William Howitt - 1831 - 596 pages
...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...loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Such is the BHITISH... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region. THE NEWSPAPER.— Couper. 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 streaming... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...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 fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loudhissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...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...loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Such is the winter... | |
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