I Would Distil a Cup
poem 16
loss
lyric poem
melancholic
I would distil a cup, And bear to all my friends, Drinking to her no more astir, By beck, or burn, or moor!
I Would Distil a Cup - meaning Summary
Ritual Severance by Drink
The speaker imagines distilling a cup to distribute among friends as a symbolic act that prevents a particular woman from stirring influence or attendance. The gesture is final and communal: wine-like sharing becomes a means to erase or exclude her presence from familiar places and interactions. The poem frames social removal as deliberate and ritualized, suggesting intimacy turned into a way to enforce absence.
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