A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… of Good it self is bad. All Reason's in a Storm, no Light, nor Skies, But the Red Ocean rowls before our Eyes. Unhappy State! the Chaos of the Brain, The Soul's Eclispe, and Exile of the Man. From boist'rous Wine I fled to gentle Tea; For, … Charms out-done. Tea, Heav'ns Delight, and Nature's truest Wealth, That pleasing Physic, and sure Pledge of Health: The Statesman's Councellor, the Virgin's Love, The Muse's Nectar , and the Drink of Jove . The lab'ring God drank Tea that …
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