A Poem upon Tea (1712) [ Practices ]
… Chrystal Stream transcends 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 … the Rack, Review their Crimes, yet dread to call’em back, With loathing Tongue their secret Deeds arraign, Urg'd by the Virtue of persuasive Pain. What ends these Ills, and chears the drooping Old, Like Healing Tea, the only Liquid Gold! … And giving Health the greatest Good can give. To spread its Pow'r, and Wine's Excess supply, Let ev'ry British Fair its Virtues try. Like them, the Drink is charming, clear and chaste; To make 'em love, perswade 'em but to taste. Then all …
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