A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… in Wine to seek a solid Joy; All fierce Enjoyments soon themselves destroy, Wine fires the Fancy to a dangerous height, With smoaky Flam, and with a cloudy Light. From its Excess ev'n Wisdom's self grows mad; For an Excess of Good it self is bad. All Reason's in … the flowing Mud. Tea ev’n the Ills from Coffee sprung repairs, Disclaims its Vices, and its Virtue shares. To bless me with the Juice two Foes conspire, The clearest Water with the purest Fire. Wine's Essence in a Lamp to Fewel turns, …
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