Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINK OF THIS CUP, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Rink of this cup - you'll find there's a spell in / its every drop Last Line: Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | ||||||||
Drink of this cupyou'll find there's a spell in Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen! Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality. Would you forget the dark world we are in, Only taste of the bubble that gleams on the top of it; But would you rise above earth, till akin To Immortals themselves, you must drain every drop of it. Send round the cupfor Oh! there's a spell in Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen! Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality. Never was philter formed with such power To charm and bewilder, as this we are quaffing; Its magic began, when, in Autumn's rich hour, As a harvest of gold in the fields it stood laughing. There, having by Nature's enchantment been filled With the balm and the bloom of her kindliest weather, This wonderful juice from its core was distilled, To enliven such hearts as are here brought together. Then drink of this cup, etc. And though, perhapsbut breathe it to no one Like cauldrons the witch brews at midnight so awful, In secret this philter was first taught to flow on, Yet'tis not less potent for being unlawful. What though it may taste of the smoke of that flame Which in silence extracted its virtue forbidden Fill upthere's a fire in some hearts I could name, Which may work too its charm, though now lawless and hidden. So drink of the cupfor Oh! there's a spell in Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen! Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE |
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