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Ladies Literature And Tea
O Tea!
On Tea
Fate
Tea Leaves
Some English Tea History
A Cup Of Tea
Tea Terms
Five-o'clock Tea
The Tea-table
On Our English Poetry And This Poem Upon Tea
Tea In Ladies' Novels
Tea
Dr Johnson's Affinity
To The Author On His Poem Upon Tea
Australian Tea
Chinese
Wit Wisdom And Humor Of Tea
Little Cups Of Chinese And Japanese Tea
Tea-drinking In Other Lands
The Origin Of Tea
Sydney Smith
The Introduction
Earliest Mention Of Tea
Dr Johnson Again
The Tea-table

Tea

By FRANCIS SALTUS SALTUS

From what enchanted Eden came thy leaves
That hide such subtle spirits of perfume?
Did eyes preadamite first see the bloom,
Luscious nepenthe of the soul that grieves?

By thee the tired and torpid mind conceives
Fairer than roses brightening life's gloom,
Thy protean charm can every form assume
And turn December nights to April eves.

Thy amber-tinted drops bring back to me
Fantastic shapes of great Mongolian towers,
Emblazoned banners, and the booming gong;
I hear the sound of feast and revelry,
And smell, far sweeter than the sweetest flowers,
The kiosks of Pekin, fragrant of Oolong!





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