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name of thea or tea It is a drug which of late years has very 

 much insmuated Itself, as well into our diet as regales and enter- 

 tamments, though its occupation is not less destructive to the 

 animal economy than opium, or some other drugs which we have 

 at present learned to avoid.' 



o\l'^ ^^'?^ ?^•*^^ ^^""".^ condemnation of tea, 'the cups which 

 ch erbutnot inebriate' have always been a favourite bevera'e 

 rii *^f,b^:f"-^«^kers, many of whom have left a lasting 

 memorial to its harmlessness and utility ^ 



sun. bri'^'-'t'' *^\P^f«^« of tl^is useful shrub have been 

 SamI-?rP %'"A-^^ ?"^''^"^' ^y ^''^'^^' "^ Latin 

 ^SuT-k I 7\ ^'*'\"' ^ ^^^"^ P«"^^ «f five hundred lines, 

 a slimnl«.f wv*", ^^'^""^^^^ ^f ^1^0 Paid his grateful tribute to 

 Hes^s -!^ which he continued to enjoy at the age of ninety 



' I puer, I, Theam confestim in pocula misce ; 



Urget non solitus lumina nostra sopor • 

 Mens stupet ; obtusae langueut in corpore vires • 

 i^anguorem volvet vivida Thea noum.' 



Which may be rendered — 



' Go haste thee, boy, and make a cup of tea ; 



A sleep I know not presses on my eyes • 



My senses wander; strength is failing me'- 



But with a cup of tea my languor flies.'' 



Waller remarks — 



' The muses' friend, tea, does our fancy aid 

 Kepress those vapours which the head invade.' 



Young says — 



' Tea ; how I tremble at thy fatal steam • 

 As Lethe, dreadful to the love of fame " 

 What devastations on thy banks are seen i 

 What shades of mighty names which once had been • 

 A hecatomb of characters supplies 

 Thy painted altars' daily sacrifice.' 



dv;nw"'°''i,*^T'^'' ^^""'"^^ ^' 'a hardened and shameless tea 

 ?nfu.^n'' T^.'-^f *^'"'y y^"^^ ^'^""''^ ^^' «^eals witlTony the 

 infusionof this fascinating plant, whose kettle had scarcely Se to 



nS't and ^l h t? 'T" ' '}^^-^-^E, with tea solaced (l "id- 

 iiignt, and with tea welcomed the mornino- • 



Thlalef- ' ''''^'' ""'''' '^' ^°^^°^^"° ^''''' ^^tempore to Mrs 



'^^^noMv, I pray thee, Hetty dear, 



1 hat thou wilt give to me. 

 With cream and sugar softeii'd well 

 Another dish of tea. ' 



