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Now ain't they utterly too…too?
They're better than a pot'n' a screw;
They're equal to a Sunday spree;
Them flymy little bits of Blue!
Suppose I put 'em up the flue;
And booze the profits; Joe? Not me。
Now ain't they utterly too…too?
I do the 'Igh Art fake; I do。
Joe; I'm consummate; and I see
Them flymy little bits of Blue。
Which; Joe; is why I ses ter you …
Aesthetic…like; and limp; and free …
Now ain't they utterly too…too;
Them flymy little bits of Blue?
William Ernest Henley '1849…1903'
THE POETS AT TEA
I。 … (Macaulay)
Pour; varlet; pour the water;
The water steaming hot!
A spoonful for each man of us;
Another for the pot!
We shall not drink from amber;
No Capuan slave shall mix
For us the snows of Athos
With port at thirty…six;
Whiter than snow the crystals
Grown sweet 'neath tropic fires;
More rich the herb of China's field;
The pasture…lands more fragrance yield;
Forever let Britannia wield
The teapot of her sires!
II。 … (Tennyson)
I think that I am drawing to an end:
For on a sudden came a gasp for breath;
And stretching of the hands; and blinded eyes;
And a; great darkness falling on my soul。
O Hallelujah! 。 。 。 Kindly pass the milk。
III。 … (Swinburne)
As the sin that was sweet in the sinning
Is foul in the ending thereof;
As the heat of the summer's beginning
Is past in the winter of love:
O purity; painful and pleading!
O coldness; ineffably gray!
O hear us; our handmaid unheeding;
And take it away!
IV。 … (Cowper)
The cosy fire is bright and gay;
The merry kettle boils away
And hums a cheerful song。
I sing the saucer and the cup;
Pray; Mary; fill the teapot up;
And do not make it strong。
V。 … (Browning)
Tut! Bah! We take as another case …
Pass the pills on the window…sill; notice the capsule
(A sick man's fancy; no doubt; but I place
Reliance on trade…marks; Sir) … so perhaps you'll
Excuse the digression … this cup which I hold
Light…poised … Bah; it's spilt in the bed … well; let's on go …
Hold Bohea and sugar; Sir; if you were told
The sugar was salt; would the Bohea be Congo?
VI。 … (Wordsworth)
〃Come; little cottage girl; you seem
To want my cup of tea;
And will you take a little cream?
Now tell the truth to me。〃
She had a rustic; woodland grin;
Her cheek was soft as silk;
And she replied; 〃Sir; please put in
A little drop of milk。〃
〃Why; what put milk into your head?
'Tis cream my cows supply;〃
And five times to the child I said;
〃Why; pig…head; tell me; why?〃
〃You call me pig…head;〃 she replied;
〃My proper name is Ruth。
I called that milk〃 … she blushed with pride …
〃You bade me speak the truth。〃
VII。 … (Poe)
Here's a mellow cup of tea … golden tea!
What a world of rapturous thought its fragrance brings to me!
Oh; from out the silver cells
How it wells!
How it smells!
Keeping tune; tune; tune;
To the tintinnabulation of the spoon。
And the kettle on the fire
Boils its spout off with desire;
With a desperate desire
And a crystalline endeavor
Now; now to sit; or never;
On the top of the pale…faced moon;
But he always came home to tea; tea; tea; tea; tea;
Tea to the n…th。
VIII。 … (Rossetti)
The lilies lie in my lady's bower;
(O weary mother; drive the cows to roost);
They faintly droop for a little hour;
My lady's head droops like a flower。
She took the porcelain in her hand
(O weary mother; drive the cows to roost);
She poured; I drank at her command;
Drank deep; and now … you understand!
(O weary mother; drive the cows to roost)。
IX。 … (Burns)
Weel; gin ye speir; I'm no inclined;
Whusky or tay … to state my mind
Fore ane or ither;
For; gin I tak the first; I'm fou;
And gin the next; I'm dull as you:
Mix a' thegither。
X。 … (Walt Whitman)
One cup for my self…hood;
Many for you。 Allons; camerados; we will drink together;
O hand…in…hand! That tea…spoon; please; when you've done with it。
What butter…colored hair you've got。 I don't want to be personal。
All right; then; you needn't。 You're a stale…cadaver。
Eighteen…pence if the bottles are returned。
Allons; from all bat…eyed formulas。
Barry Pain '1864…1928'
WORDSWORTH
Two voices are there: one is of the deep;
It learns the storm cloud's thunderous melody;
Now roars; now murmurs with the changing sea;
Now birdlike pipes; now closes soft in sleep;
And one is of an old half…witted sheep
Which bleats articulate monotony;
And indicates that two and one are three;
That grass is green; lakes damp; and mountains steep:
And; Wordsworth; both are thine: at certain times;
Forth from the heart of thy melodious rhymes
The form and pressure of high thoughts will burst;
At other times…good Lord! I'd rather be
Quite unacquainted with the A; B; C;
Than write such hopeless rubbish as thy worst。
James Kenneth Stephen '1859…1892'
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