The Tea from China on her way,
  Met in some sea, or gulf, or bay—
  (Would to her log I might refer!)
  The Sage, who thus accosted her:
  "Sister—ahoy! ho—whither bound?"
  "I leave," she said, "my native ground
  For Europe's markets, where, I'm told,
  They purchase me by weight of gold."
  "And I," the Sage replied, "am seeking
  The route to Canton or to Peking;
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