A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… Dissembled Groves and Nymphs by Tables plac'd Adorn the Sides, and tempt the Sight and Taste. Yet more the gay, the lovely Colour courts, The Flavour charms us, but the Taste transports. I drink, and lo the kindly Steams arise, Wine's … the Olive, and the Bays. No more let Roses Flora's Brows adorn, Nor Ceres boast her golden Ears of Corn. The Queen of Love her Myrtles shall despise; Tea claims at once the Beauteous and the Wise. Think of the Rose, that inoffensive Sweet, … 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 happy Morn, When wise Minerva of his …
Tea | Drinking | Beauty | Charm
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