 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 Cornhill Magazine - Page 583edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pages
...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 in.' This winter-pleasure being satisfactorily enjoyed, then come the after-pleasures of continued conversation,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 428 pages
...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 in : Still evening is the pleasantesl portion of the day. Our yard is no longer crowded by noisy natives,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...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 in. Not such his evening, who, with shining face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed And bored... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 340 pages
...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 in : Still evening is the pleasantest portion of the day. Our yard is no longer crowded by noisy natives,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 226 pages
...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 in : Still evening is the pleasantest portion of the day. Our yard is no longer crowded by noisy natives,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...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 ev'ning in. Not such his ev'ning, who, with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeez'd... | |
 | 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
...to. 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, 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
...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 ev'ning in. This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment, he directs his sole attention... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...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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