Give me women, wine, and snuff by John Keats?

Question

Give me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.

I am doing this poem for school, but I have trouble understanding it. I tried google for analysis of this poem, but nothing turned up. Could someone please help me? Thank you very much.

Why is there so many religious allusion in this poem when John Keats himself is not a Christian? What is the overall meaning of this poem? Is John Keats saying that temptation on Earth is more important than spirtual things?

Answer 1

The first line is self explanatory, wine , women and snuff (tobacco)
The second line Until I cry out "hold (Stop), enough (no more)"
Third line You may do so sans (without) objection (I won't mind)
Fourth Till the day of resurrection (Till the day we go to heaven)
For, bless my beard, (people usually say soul now) they aye shall be (With them I shall be)
My beloved Trinity (Trinity is referring to women, wine and snuff)