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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... "
History of English Literature - Page 246
by Hippolyte Taine - 1871
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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...wait 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...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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...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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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...shutters fast, Jx!t 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, Up let us welcome peaceful evening in. riot such his evening, who, with shining face. Sweats in the...
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St. Ronan's Well, Volume 3

Walter Scott - Country life - 1824 - 340 pages
...TEA-PARTY. 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, Thus let us welcome peaceful evening in. COWPEB'S Task. THE approach of the cold and rainy season had...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...round ; And, while the bubbling and 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." " The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre,...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

1824 - 446 pages
...round ; And, while the bubbling and loud hissing ura Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, Which cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." " The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre,...
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The Task

William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...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...wait 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...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 1

Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws op a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer, but not...wait on each; So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Ctncptr. PROPOSED 'WORKS. MR Bartlett, of Utica, New York proposes to publish by subscription, The...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 4

Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...• 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...wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in ; > — and the rich enjoyment of which I myself have so often known at your own cheerful fireside...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...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, 40 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining face Sweats in the...
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