 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...  Poems - Strana 77podľa William Cowper - 1854Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - Počet stránok 490
...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...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. (11. 25-41) Here is quiet and gentle curiosity— no burst of... | |
 | R. E. F. Smith, David Christian - 1984 - Počet stránok 426
...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...cups. That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Cowper, The Task, book IV, I.34 (1783) These hissing urns were,... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - Počet stránok 180
...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...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. WILLIAM COWPER Did you ever wonder where the description cups,... | |
 | Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall - 1987 - Počet stránok 577
...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 - Počet stránok 212
...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,... | |
 | Yvonne Wrightman - 1994 - Počet stránok 68
...shuttersJast, Let Jail 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's welcome peaceful ev'ning in. William Cowper (1731-1800) The Task, IV Tea tasting was and is... | |
 | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees - 1997 - Počet stránok 606
...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...the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.73 NOTES 1. The literature on coffee and tea is considerable.... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - Počet stránok 1160
...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...cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. The Tusk 1 1 78 s I bk. 4 The Winter Evening' I. 34; cf. Berkeley... | |
 | 2005 - Počet stránok 656
...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...the cups, That cheer but not inebriate wait on each So let us welcome peaceful evening in. (Cowper, 1785, 1968:466) Cowper continues accentuating this... | |
 | William Hone - 2003 - Počet stránok 476
...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...cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.5 This done, and the bard surrounded with means of enjoyment,... | |
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