Why seek for peers among gods and goblins?Īmerican poet, literary critic and travel writer Bayard Taylor was born to Quaker parents in Pennsylvania in 1825. The Wine Spring would not be on the earth.īoth the sage and the wise were drinkers, In the following poem, Bai justifies his love of wine, urging people not to be ashamed about enjoying the nectar of the gods. Legend has it that Bai drowned when he reached from his boat in a bid to grasp the moon’s reflection in the river. During his lifetime, Bai wrote over 1,000 poems, many of which celebrate wine, song and friendship. Pale mortals sip thee, bringing soothing peace,Ī warm beach blest by God’s untainted air,īorn in China in 701, Li Bai is regarded as a pivotal figure in the Chinese poetry of the mid-Tang dynasty, which is often referred to as the Golden Age of China. Turning to laughing calm care’s torment sour,Īnd flooding dreams with many a gentle shape. That made thee, stronger than all human power.Ītrocious thoughts of doom with bloom and flower, There is a power within the succulent grape Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, his verses reflect a decadent, erotic temperament, leading his poems to be described as having “the perfume of exquisite sadness.” There isn’t a record of how frequently Sautlus got to enjoy the Bordeaux first growth to which the poem is dedicated, though we’re hoping a decent amount made it across the pond to New York. The group had a taste for both absinthe and the exotic, with one contemporary describing Saultus as like “a Greek god gone to ruin.” Only, when the west wind stirs the curtain,ħ: Château Margaux, Francis Saltus SaltusĪmerican poet Francis Saltus Saltus was born in New York City in 1849 and was the leader of a group of bohemians in New York who used to meet at Billy Mould’s bar in Manhattan’s University Place. Marrying Zhao Mingcheng in 1811, his absences for work fuelled a lot of her poetry, which is often imbued with yearning and explores the effects of wine on her thoughts and feelings.
Before she got married, her poetry was already well known within elite circles. Born in Zhangqiu into a family of scholars, Qingzhao was unusually outgoing and knowledgeable of a woman of noble birth. The only female poet in our line up, brought to our attention by Judy Leissner of Grace Vineyards, Li Qingzhao was a Chinese poet of the Song dynasty. 8: Intoxicated under the shadow of flowers, Li Qingzhao
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