 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 ... - 200. oldal1799 - 336 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1814
....' Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, LeWl'all the curtains, wheel the sofa round, Aud while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups • Thatcheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Never was snug... | |
 | 1814
...dissipates at once the twilight and the sunshine; and the ambitious dreamer is summoned to his tea .' 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 - 1815
...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 OH each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who with shining fact Sweats... | |
 | 1819
...single candle dissipates these scenes of fancy in an instant, and the dreamer is summoned to his tea. 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,... | |
 | 1834
...gladness; and when the shades of evening have fallen, the gaiety of the social circle chases its gloom, "Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round : And while the bubbling and luud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821
...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 inehriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in ; Not such his evening, who with shining... | |
 | 1821
...two passages from a poet who seems to have felt the true pleasures of these social moments : — " 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 Aikin - 1821 - 807 oldal
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821
...them all ; I burn to set th' imprisoned 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,... | |
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