Read full poem →Sweeter by far than Hybla's honied roses
When steep'd in dew rich to intoxication.
Ah! I will taste that dew, for me 'tis meet,
Dictionary Entry
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
In a Sentence
“He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “intoxication”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But in his first notes, if I may indulge my private taste,
I find more of the intoxication of the god. These early poems
are the lyrical cries and luminous flares of a dawn, no doubt;
Read full poem →That the wild band plays.
With a red and royal intoxication,
A tangle of sounds