DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry - Page 90edited by - 1905Full view - About this book
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...only with thine eye's, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise,...a drink divine, But might I of Jove's nectar sup, 1 would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...taken, to be seen, — These have crimes accounted been. SONG. To Celia. [From the same.] DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine, But might... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson - English ballads and songs - 1803 - 228 pages
...tho' his bodyvs under hatches, His soul is gone aloft.' DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THFNE E^ES. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll look not for wine : The thirst that ftom my soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine ; But might... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...inserting Jonson's translation, and compare it with the original, stanza by stanza— I. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine, Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And Til not look for wine. PHILOSTRATUS, Letter XXIV. *E(*o; Si [/.no's ts^yam TOIS ofiijatriv — Drink... | |
| Select collection - 1806 - 322 pages
...DRINK TO ME, ETC. ANONYMOUS. GOtn-DING, LONDON.— HARRINGTON; Sung at the Public Concerts. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll look not for wine. The thirst that from my soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine ; But might... | |
| John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And '11 not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise,...Jove's nectar sup, I would, not change for thine. ! ^ ' ' ' . I sent thee late a rosy wreath,. Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there... | |
| John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 414 pages
...passion : He smarteth most that hides his smart, And sues for no compassion. N JONsON.] DR i NK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And 11 not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine, But might I... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...taken, to be seen, — These have crimes accounted been. SONG. . To Celia. [From the same.] DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine, But might... | |
| Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine : Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I'll not look for wine: The thirst that from the soul doth...Doth ask a drink divine But might I of Jove's nectar sip, . I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee,... | |
| John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 446 pages
...Philostratus, has been imitated by Ben Jonson, in his poem entitled the Forest : — " Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine." thing more frigid than this romance, nothing meaner, nothing more unpleasant... | |
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