Feast on wine or fast on water <br /> And your honour shall stand sure, <br /> God Almighty's son and daughter <br /> He the valiant, she the pure; <br /> If an angel out of heaven <br /> Brings you other things to drink, <br /> Thank him for his kind attentions, <br /> Go and pour them down the sink. <br /> <br /> Tea is like the East he grows in, <br /> A great yellow Mandarin <br /> With urbanity of manner <br /> And unconsciousness of sin; <br /> All the women, like a harem, <br /> At his pig-tail troop along; <br /> And, like all the East he grows in, <br /> He is Poison when he's strong. <br /> <br /> Tea, although an Oriental, <br /> Is a gentleman at least; <br /> Cocoa is a cad and coward, <br /> Cocoa is a vulgar beast, <br /> Cocoa is a dull, disloyal, <br /> Lying, crawling cad and clown, <br /> And may very well be grateful <br /> To the fool that takes him down. <br /> <br /> As for all the windy waters, <br /> They were rained like tempests down <br /> When good drink had been dishonoured <br /> By the tipplers of the town; <br /> When red wine had brought red ruin <br /> And the death-dance of our times, <br /> Heaven sent us Soda Water <br /> As a torment for our crimes.<br /><br />Gilbert Keith Chesterton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-song-of-right-and-wrong/
