A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… be good; To Eastern Climes no more the Leaf confine, But save by Tea what wou'd be lost by Wine. One Blessing more, and Europe's Ills must cease; Add Tea and Health to Liberty and Peace. Tea in the Man makes all the Blessings live, And … Yet shall its Product bear abroad her Charge, And, chang’d for Foreign Treasures, hers inlarge; And Asia give, while Europe's Sons agree, Her Spice, her Pearls, her Diamonds, and her Tea. Such Thoughts did the Prophetic God express, Such …
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