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Tea Poems
Tea poems are fun to include on your tea party invitations, to use on tea party crafts, party favors, or to make tea bags with verses printed on a tag or card with the tea bag tucked in it.The shorter tea party poems can be a fun activity for children at an afternoon tea party to work on memorizing the poem and then reciting. This makes for lots of giggling and fun to see how each child performs their poem! Ladies like to use tea poems inside cards or to embellish with fancy work or flourishes to make bookmarks or other projects like to decorate a scrapbook page(for your tea party of course!).
Tea Poems:
The Seven Cups of Tea The first cup caresses my dry lips and throat, The second shatters the walls of my lonely sadness, The third searches the dry rivulets of my soul to find the stories of five thousand scrolls. With the fourth the pain of past injustice vanishes through my pores. The fifth purifies my flesh and bone. With the sixth I am in touch with the immortals. The seventh gives such pleasure I can hardly bear. The fresh wind blows through my wings As I make my way to Penglai~Lu Tong 790-835
Afternoon Tea My copper kettle whistles merrily and signals that it is time for tea. The fine china cups are filled with the brew. There's lemon and sugar and sweet cream, too. But, best of all there's friendship, between you and me. As we lovingly share our afternoon tea. ~Marianna Arolin
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Drinkin' from My Saucer I've never made a fortune And it's prob'ly too late now; But I don't worry 'bout that much, I'm happy anyhow!
And as I go along life's way Reapin' better than I sowed. I'm drinkin' from my saucer, 'Cause my cup has overflowed!
Haven't got a lot of riches, And sometimes the going's tough; But I've got loving ones around me, And that makes me rich enough!
I thank God for His blessings And the mercies He's bestowed. I'm drinkin' from my saucer, 'Cause my cup has overflowed!
I 'member times when things went wrong, My faith wore somewhat thin; But all at once the dark clouds broke And light peeped through again.
So, Lord, help me not to gripe About tough rows I've hoed. I'm drinkin' from my saucer, 'Cause my cup has overflowed!
If God gives me strength and courage When the way grows steep and rough, I'll not ask for other blessings; I'm already blessed enough!
May I never be too busy To help others bear their loads. I'll keep drinkin' from my saucer, 'Cause my cup has overflowed! ~Jimmy Dean ©
To an Old Teapot
Now from the dust of half forgotten things You rise to haunt me at the year’s Spring cleaning And bring to memory dim imaginings Of mystic meaning.
No old time potter handled you, I ween Nor yet were you of gold or silver molten No Derby stamp, nor Worcester, can be seen Nor Royal Doulton.
You never stood to grace the princely board Of monarchs in some Oriental palace. Your lid is chipped, your chubby side is scored As if in malice.
I hesitate to say it, but your spout Is with unhandsome rivets held together Mute witnesses of treatment meted out In regions nether.
O patient sufferer of many bumps I ask it gently - shall the dustbin hold you? And will the dust heap, with its cabbage stumps At last enfold you?
It ought. And yet with gentle hands I place You with my priceless Delft and Dresden China For sake of one who loved your homely face In days diviner.~Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
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Afternoon Teas Read this my dears, and you will see how to make a nice cup of tea take teapot to kettle, not t'other way round and when you hear that whistling sound pour a little in the pot just make it nice and hot. Pour that out and put in the tea, loose or in bags, your choice, you see. One bag for each two cups will do with one extra bag to make a fine brew. Steep 3-5 minutes then pour a cup. Then sit right down and drink it up! ~Patricia Winchester
Everything Stops for Tea "I know now why Franz Schubert Never finished his unfinished symphony He would have written more but the clock struck four And everything stopped for tea."
~John Baldrey
Tea Mind Humilitea, Possibilitea, Qualitea, Solidaritea, Abilitea, Equalitea, Individualitea, Serenitea, Insanitea, Confidentialitea, Vitalitea, Creativitea, Sportea, Claritea, Realitea, Activitea, Longevitea, Impossibilitea, Familiaritea, Humanitea, Puritea,Levitea, Longevitea, Immunitea, Digestabilitea, Electricitea, Sensualitea, Femininitea, Festivitea... ~Letters to a Young Zentrepenur - The Republic ofTea
Untitled Tea Verses:
Tea that helps our head and heart. Tea medicates most every part. Tea rejuvenates the very old. Tea warms the hands of those who're cold. ~J. Jonker, Amsterdam, circa 1670
Steam rises from a cup of tea and we are wrapped in history, inhaling ancient times and lands, comfort of ages in our hands. ~Faith Greenbowl
The cozy 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 ~Barry Pain
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