A Cup of Tea:
Nellie made a cup of tea,
Made and poured it out for me
And above the steaming brew
Smiled and asked, “One lump or two?”
Saucily she tossed her head;
“Make it sweet for me,” I said.
Two sweet lumps of sugar fell
Into that small china well,
But I knew the while I drained
every drop the cup contained,
more than sugar in the tea
made the beverage sweet for me.
This to her I tried to say
in that golden yesterday –
Life is like a cup of tea
Which time poureth endlessly
Brewed by trial’s constant heat
Needing love to make it sweet.
Then I caught her looking up,
And I held my dainty cup
out to her and bravely said,
“Here is all that lies ahead,
Here is all my life to be –
Will you make it sweet for me?”
Author unknown
( I would have ended it with a statement and not a question –
I will make it sweet for thee. )
3 comments:
Of couse, if this were "My Fair Lady" it would read something more along the lines of "cop a tay"... or something like that.
Hey Jacob, so you are alive! how sick are you? get better soon!
That is so sweet. Where do you find such nice poetry? I am feeling tired, but happy that Malik is doing better. I am going to blog more on a separate blog. But thank you for the nice poetry!
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