 | George Gabriel Sigmond - 1839 - 160 էջ
...Let fall the curtain, 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 in." Thus sang one of our most admired poets, who was feelingly alive to the charms of social... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 էջ
...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 in!"' And, TASK in hand, let us read away the hours, with" tear and a blessing for the memory... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1839 - 194 էջ
...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 in. Seated on Mrs. Unwin's sofa, with the shutters closed, and the cheerful fire blazing on... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1839 - 356 էջ
...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 in. Still evening is the pleasantest portion of the day. Our yard is no longer crowded by noisy... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 էջ
...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 in. Not such his evening, who, with shining face, Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeezed... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 էջ
...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 in." Vain, idle, and offensive as are the mean intrigues of the world, the winter's evening,... | |
 | 1839 - 658 էջ
...the curtain, wheel the sofa round ; And while the bubbling, and loud-hissing urn Throws up a stenrny column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." Thus sang one of our most admired poets, who was feelingly alive to the charms of social... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 էջ
...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 weleome peaceful evening in. Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the erowded theatre,... | |
 | 1839 - 536 էջ
...Let fall the curtains ; wheel the sofa round, And while the babbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column ; and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on eacn, So let us welcome peaceful evening in!" And, TASK in hand, let us read away the hours, with o... | |
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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... 
