First Things RSS Feed - David Haar https://www.firstthings.com/author/david-haar en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:57:19 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/david-haar 60 Wine Cellar https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/06/wine-cellar https://www.firstthings.com/article/2009/06/wine-cellar Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 I have two barrels of wine
stocked in my private store.
One’s earthy, one divine;
I thirst for neither the more.
Nights when I think what sins
hold me in others’ debt,
a rouge goblet begins
to let my mind forget.
But when dawn lights the halls
and draws my sight outside,
a clearer glass recalls
the heaven I was denied.

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