Impossibility, like Wine. 1
Exhilarates, the Man.
Who tastes it, Possibility.
Is flavorless, Combine.
A Chance's faintest tincture. 5
And in the former Dram.
Enchantment makes ingredient.
As certainly as Doom.
Exhilarates, the Man.
Who tastes it, Possibility.
Is flavorless, Combine.
A Chance's faintest tincture. 5
And in the former Dram.
Enchantment makes ingredient.
As certainly as Doom.
(F.939/J.838)
[1] Wine:: an element in the Eucharist (OED 1b).
[2, 3] Exhilarates, tastes:: excites a man who tastes the wine like blood.
[4] Possiblity:: to consider the Eucharist as normal wine and bread.
[5] Chance:: the possibility to go to heaven.
[6] former:: one who forms; a hint on the religious meaning being applied to the wine. Dram:: a small draught of spirituous liquor.
[7] ingredient:: element, as wine in the Eucharist.
[8] Doom:: death, the way to heaven.