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THE POETS AT TEA: 6. WORDSWORTH, WHO GAVE IT AWAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, little cottage girl
Last Line: "you bade me speak the truth."
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Poetry & Poets; Tea; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)


"Come, little cottage girl, you seem
To want my cup of tea;
And will you take a little cream?
Now tell the truth to me."

She had a rustic, woodland grin,
Her cheek was soft as silk,
And she replied, "Sir, please put in
A little drop of milk."

"Why, what put milk into your head?
'Tis cream my cows supply;"
And five times to the child I said,
"Why, pig-head, tell me, why?"

"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."





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