I taste a liquor never brewed – From Tankards scooped in Pearl – Not all the Vats upon the Rhine Yield such an Alcohol!
Inebriate of Air – am I –
And Debauchee of Dew – Reeling – thro endless summer days – From inns of Molten Blue –
When ‘Landlords’ turn the drunken Bee Out of the Foxglove’s door –
When Butterflies – renounce their ‘drams’ – I shall but drink the more!
Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats – And Saints – to windows run – To see the little Tippler
Leaning against the – Sun – [10] [5]
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GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
[2] Tankards: tall beer mugs made of tin or pewter [3] Vats: large tanks [5] Inebriate: intoxicated
[6] Debauchee: someone who indulges excessively in sensual pleasures
[7] Reeling: a lively dance; dizzy and disorientated [8] Molten: melted into liquid by extreme heat
[11] renounce: give up; abandon [11] drams: small measures of a strong spirit, such as whisky [13] Seraphs: angelic beings [15] Tippler: someone who drinks alcohol a lot
