I taste a liquor never brewed Man and the Natural World Quotes

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Quote #1

I taste a liquor never brewed (1)

Fermentation is a natural process, but to make beer or wine, man has to be involved. The things that the speaker is tasting are things that man hasn't gotten his grubby hands on yet.

Quote #2

And Debauchee of Dew— (6)

Just for the record, this is the morning condensation type of dew, not the highly caffeinated kind that is a staple at gaming sessions. (Actually, we bet Dickinson might have been a fan of online gaming since she'd never have to leave the house.)

Quote #3

Reeling—thro endless summer days—
From inns of Molten Blue (7-8)

Here we get a sense of the scope of nature and what the speaker is trying to tell us about it. She can go and on and on, drinking in the beauty of nature all through the summer because the big, blue sky encompasses us all and everything here on earth. If the speaker calculated it carefully and had an unlimited travel budget, it's possible to stay in warm, sunny weather endlessly. It would be like an around-the-world pub crawl—good times.