“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.”

Poe, who got excited over it.

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!