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I Taste A Liquor: A Spiritual Journey Into the Beauty of Nature
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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, through 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!
~ Emily Dickinson
“I Taste a Liquor” is one of Emily Dickinson’s most famous poems, and it can be seen as a celebration of the divine beauty and wonder of nature.
If we look at it from a spiritual lens, the poem can be interpreted as a representation of Dickinson’s own spiritual journey, where she finds a deep connection with the divine through her experiences…
