William Cowper Fire Quotations

. . . words, pregnant with celestial fire.

I crown thee king of intimate delights,Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness.

Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind.

The man that is not moved with what he reads,That takes not fire at their heroic deeds,Unworthy of the blessings of the brave,Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.

Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.

Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.

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