 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 Poems of William Cowper - Page 252by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...laugh — I. long to know 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... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...wear her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Of do we grind her still? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...loud laugh— I long to know them all ; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again ! The reader will now be... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tnrt- reply, Thelogick, and the wisdom,, and the wit, And the loud laugh — I long to know them all; I burn to set th' imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt'raace once again. Now stir the tire, uiul... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace ? Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...laugh — I long to know 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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...her plum'd And jewel'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still .' The grand debate, W The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and...wit. And the loud laugh — I long to know them all ; 1 burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. 35 Now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...popular harangne, the tart reply, The logic,: and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh — 1 long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprisoned...fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, . And while ths bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...her plumed And jewelled turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic and...And the loud laugh — I long to know them all ; I bum to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again. Now stir the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...her plum'J And jewell'd turban with a smile of pea re, Or do we grind her still ? The grind debate, d her name; Our very wishes gives us not our wish ; Haw distant oft the thing we dote on most, From th* imprison'd wranglers free, And give them voice and utt* ranee once again. Now stir the fire, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...Snore to the murmurs of th' Atlantic wave? Is India free? and does she wear her plum'd And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still?...laugh — I long to know 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...long to know 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...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... | |
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