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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, 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

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Around
Evening
Curtains
Bubbling
Welcome
Wheel
Sofa
Fast
Tea
Shutters
Wait
Cheer
Sofas
Close
Wheels
Column
Fire
Cups
Stir
Waiting
Peaceful
Throws
Steamy
Fall
Loud
Columns
Hissing

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