 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 United States Literary Gazette - Página 2061825Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 páginas
...free, And give them voice and utt'rance once agam. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast^ te: fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissmg urn Throws up a streamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,... | |
 | 1888 - 1026 páginas
...und seinen aufmerksamen Zuhörern aus der Zeitung vorliest, welche der Postbote hineingeworfen hat. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the eurtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing um Throws up a steamy column,... | |
 | R. E. F. Smith, David Christian - 1984 - 426 páginas
...held a place on the sideboard of the wealthier classes from about the middle of the 18th century'.96 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups. That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Cowper, The Task, book IV,... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 páginas
...then in secret sin. But for love of sheer domesticity, look at this picture of a cosy evening at home: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. WILLIAM COWPER Did you ever... | |
 | Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall - 1987 - 577 páginas
...countryside. The post arrived, the newspaper was read and the family settled down for their pastimes: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...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,... | |
 | Kit Boey Chow, Ione Kramer - 1990 - 212 páginas
...of security a cup of tea evokes must be that by William Cowper, an insecure though reputable poet. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...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,... | |
 | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees - 1997 - 606 páginas
...clearly lost out to the stimulating but calming and comforting effects of the beverage and its rituals: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.73 NOTES 1. The literature on... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 páginas
...and success Perhaps may crown us; but to fly is safe. The Task 1 1 78s) bk. 3 The Garden' I. 686 31 Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sola round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That... | |
 | 2005 - 656 páginas
...once in the country he was glad of his cozy spot where he coined the oft-quoted lines that follow: Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate wait on each So let us welcome peaceful evening in. (Cowper, 1785, 1968:466) Cowper... | |
 | William Hone - 2003 - 476 páginas
...intelligence, of which he is ignorant, why should it be "To him indifferent whether grief or joy?" Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let...Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.5 This done, and the bard surrounded... | |
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