 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...Winter! ruler of the inverted year, 1 crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...rattling wheels stop short before these gates: No powder 'd pert, proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 130 pages
...VIII. OF AFTER DINNER. • I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...retirement, and the hours Of long, uninterrupted evening know.'1 — The Task. OF all the hours which make up the grand aggregate of a pleasant day, the hour... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...Winter! ruler of th' inverted year, 1 crown thee king of mtimate delights; Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know. Truth bids me look on men as autumn leaves, And all they bleed for, as the summer's dust Driven by... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west No rattling wheels stop short before these gates;...sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street ringa; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west No rattling wheels stop short before these gates;...proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these door* SPECIMEN OF COWPER'S VERSE. 385 Till the street rings; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts mat the lowly roof Of undisturbed Retirement, and the...rattling wheels stop short before these gates: No powder'd pert, proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings:... | |
 | 1864 - 108 pages
...dispersed by daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. And all the comforts that the lowly roof...and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know. WILLIAM COWPER. A WRINKLED, crabbed man they picture thee. Old Winter, with a rugged beard as gray... | |
 | Months - 1864 - 262 pages
...dispersed by daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know. * * * * Come, Evening, once again, season of peace ; Return, sweet Evening, and continue long ! Methinks... | |
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 pages
...delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening,...rattling wheels stop short before these gates . No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings... | |
 | R A. Somerville - 1865 - 140 pages
...of the poet, who says : — " I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof...powdered pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarum ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle... | |
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I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know. 
