 | Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1839 - 354 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 Seiten
...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 ev'ning in. (11. 25-41) Here is quiet and gentle curiosity— no burst of eloquence. Such is Cowper's usual reaction... | |
 | R. E. F. Smith, David Christian - 1984 - 426 Seiten
...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. Cowper, The Task, book IV, I.34 (1783) These hissing urns were, of course, often of silver... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 Seiten
...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. WILLIAM COWPER Did you ever wonder where the description cups, that cheer, but not inebriate,... | |
 | Kit Boey Chow, Ione Kramer - 1990 - 212 Seiten
...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. Englands infatuation with the beverage in the first half of the eighteenth century was... | |
 | Yvonne Wrightman - 1994 - 68 Seiten
...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 still... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1995 - 538 Seiten
...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, Thus let us welcome peaceful evening in. COWPER'S Task THE APPROACH of the cold and rainy season had... | |
 | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees - 1997 - 606 Seiten
...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.73 NOTES 1. The literature on coffee and tea is considerable. For in-depth overviews, see... | |
 | 2005 - 656 Seiten
...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. (Cowper, 1785, 1968:466) Cowper continues accentuating this pleasant evening with what... | |
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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... 
