The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent... Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson - Page 169edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...honours shall be snatch'd away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd, The berries crackle, and the mill...glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide : no At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...honours shall be snatch'd away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd, The berries crackle, and the mill...glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide : no At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...ever this vietorious day. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is erown'd ', The berries erackle, , Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she sipp'd, the fuming liquor fann'd, Some o'er... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...and too soon elate ! For to ! the board with cups and spoons is crowi '4, The berries crackle and tne mill turns round : On shining altars of Japan they...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she sipp'd, the fuming liquor fann'd ; Some,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown' d, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ; On...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she sipp'd, the fuming liquor fann'd, Some o'er... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For to ! the board with cups and spoons is crown' J, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round: On...silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver e pouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking title; At once they gratify... | |
| English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...place at the tea-table. THE SEVERING OF THE LOCK. For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crowned, The berries crackle and the mill turns round. On shining...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she sipped, the fuming liquor fanned ; Some... | |
| William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...last trembling sigh. FROM "THE RAPE OF THE LOCK." For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crowned, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round : On...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band : Some, aa she sipped, the fuming liquor fanned ; Some... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...last trembling sigh. FROM "THE RAPE OF THE LOCK." For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crowned, The berries crackle, and the mill turns round : On...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airv band- : Some, as she sipped, the fuming liquor fanned ; Some... | |
| John Sumner - Tea - 1863 - 54 pages
...pleasure and of health." Pope is the next we are acquainted with ; in the Rape of the Lock he says— " On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp;...taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast." Cowper was evidently greatly prepossessed in favour of Tea and its social bearings, from this snug... | |
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