 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 246by Hippolyte Taine - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 334 pages
...And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer hut not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in : Still evening is the pleasantest portion of the day. Our yard is no longer crowded by noisy natives,... | |
 | North Ludlow Beamish - 1829 - 314 pages
...drawing-room. CHAPTER VI. A CONTRETEMS. Non amo to. MARTIAL. 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. COWFER. " WILL you take tea or coffee, Mr. Butler ?" said Mrs. Sumtott to our hero, as he entered the... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 506 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. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment, he directs his sole attention... | |
 | North Ludlow Beamish - 1829 - 234 pages
...drawing-room. CHAPTER X. A CONTRETEMS. Non amo tc. MARTIAL. And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, ' To let us welcome peaceful evening in. COWPER. " WILL you take tea or coffee, Mr. Butler ?" said... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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, iqueez'd... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate,...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling, and loud hissing urn Throws up a steaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a streaming column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate,...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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