 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1854
...mine ; So fill my gloss with whisky punch, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that in my throat doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sip, That honor I'd resign. The second verse is not worth parodying. Ay, this is something like. Your health,... | |
 | JOHN WILSON - 1854
...thirst that in my throat doth rise And I will pledge in mine ; So fill my glass with whisky punch, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sip, That honor I'd resign. The second verse is not worth parodying. Ay, this is something like. Your health,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 558 pages
...half over before I had recovered the tone of feeling proper to the place and the occasion. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Must surely be divine ; But might I of Love's nectar sup I would not change for... | |
 | Rowland Smith - English literature - 1855 - 511 pages
...puella bibe." Ovid, de Art. Am. i. 595. " Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge thee with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine." Ben Jonson (imitation of a passage in Philostratus. imitating me, and drinking as I had done, which,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856
...with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither ; Here shall he see No enemy 795. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And ni not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine ; But might... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 358 pages
...She and comparisons are odious. BEN JONSON. 1574-1637. To Celia. [From " 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.* The Sweet Neglect. [From the " Silent woman." Act i. So. 5.J Still to be... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 319 pages
...Forest," a poem by Bz* JOITSOTT, born 1574, dicd 1637. Set as a glee ; composer unknown. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 275 pages
...they're free, We'll rove and think them ours. DRINK TO ME ONLY WlTH THINE EYES. [BBN JOSSON.] Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...not look for wine. The thirst that from my soul doth riro Doth ask a drink divine ; But might 1 of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent... | |
 | Langston Hughes - Fiction - 2002 - 382 pages
...out of school a long time." "I still remember some of their poems, though. For instance: 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 ask for wine." Meanwhile, Simple was beckoning the bartender, and the juke box was blaring. I said,... | |
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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. 
