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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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