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8Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.

8Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.

Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance

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Author or tradition
Edmund Waller
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Approximate author period: c. 1646 AD · renaissance
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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 778 · quotation 26 · Edmund Waller · Of Tea.

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