A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… And Tea, whose Fame shou'd o’er all Plants be rais'd. None, says the God, shall with that Tree compare; Health, Vigour, Pleasure bloom forever there Sense for the Learn'd, and Beauty for the Fair. Tea both imparts: For, while it cheers the … chears the drooping Old, Like Healing Tea, the only Liquid Gold! Improv'd by Age, see how it Age improves, And adds new Pleasure, and old Pain removes! So Man, refining at his Youth's Expence, Grows ripe for Thought, and mellows into Sense. …
Tea | Drinking | Beauty | Charm
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