The pasture-lands more fragrance yield
For ever let Britannia wield
The tea-pot of her sires!
Tennyson, who took it hot.
Swinburne, who let it get cold.
Cowper, who thoroughly enjoyed it.
Browning, who treated it allegorically.
Wordsworth, who gave it away.
“Come, little cottage girl, you seem
To want my cup of tea;