THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



immortality. Coffee suggests tav- 

 erns, cafes, sailing vessels, yachts, 

 boarding - houses - by - the - river- side, 

 and pessimism. Tea suggests opti- 

 mism. Coffee is a tonic ; tea, a com- 

 fort. Coffee is prose ; tea is poetry. 

 Whoever thinks of taking coffee into 

 a sick-room ? Who doesn't think of 

 taking in the comforting cup of tea ? 

 Can the most vivid imagination pict- 

 ure the angels (above the stars) drink- 

 ing coffee ? No. Yet, if I were to 

 show them to you over the tea- 

 cups, you would not be surprised or 

 shocked. Would you ? Not a bit 

 of it. You would say : 



"That's a very pretty picture. 

 Pray, what are they talking about, 

 or of whom are they talking ? " 



Why, of their loved ones below, 

 and of the days of their coming above 



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