The week in verse: Portrait of Earl Grey
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Here, Charles Grey, the Second Earl
Stares out with mild piscean eyes
Patrician neck swathed in a stock
A steadfast look, which seems to say
He’d had a quite eventful day
Having been prime minister, begun electoral reform and helped abolish slavery
Having been prime minister, begun electoral reform and helped abolish slavery
He’d be forgiven smaller sins
Certain careless pecadillos
On another’s sheets and pillows.
Noble, of Northumbrian birth, Is this how much a man is worth?
For all his decades on the Earth
To be remembered for a fling?
Well, no.
There was one other thing: This tea, spiced up with bergamot
A diplomatic perk of sorts Citrus oil within the blend Earl Grey, they named the precious potion.
Redolent of sun-tan lotion.