 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.  The Book of Elizabethan Verse - Page 69edited by - 1907 - 823 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket that hangs in the well. SAMUEL WOODWORTH. TO CELIA. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;...of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. 89 Translation of BEN JONSON. I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee, As giving... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...their number is, be pined. TO CELIA. Drink to me only with thine eyes. And I will pledge with mine; The thirst that from the soul doth rise. Doth ask...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon did'st only breathe. And sent 'st it... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...The thirst that from the soul doth rise And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...in Westminster Abbey, where on his tablet is inserted, " 0 rare Ben Jonson." TO CELIA. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope that there It could not withered be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...long, and this new world, shall know. Ben Jonson. Born 1574. Died 1637. SONG TO CELIA. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of love's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...two specimens of both styles, beginning with Ben Jonson's graceful lines To Celia : — " 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. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...inscribe on it the now memorable epitaph, " O rare Ben Jonson ; " and he well deserved it.] DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...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...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee As giving it a hope that there It could not wither'd be ; But thou thereon didst only breathe And sent'st it... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 478 pages
...Jonson ; " and he well deser.'ed it.] DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; The thirst, that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask...rosy wreath. Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. But thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 362 pages
...convert to the I-* U«" , . ._.- „ kjme years, tor a *'i the Scotch, he n he obtained his favourite. The thirst, that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask...rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not wither'd be. Rut thou thereon didst only breathe, And sent'st it... | |
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