 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.  Chaucer to Burns - Page 129edited by - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...contemporaries. We shall give one or two specimens of both styles, beginning with Ben Jonson's graceful lines To Celia : — " Drink to me only with thine eyes,...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...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 it a hope, that there... | |
 | 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...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 it a hope that there... | |
 | 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...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 it a hope, that there... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...read in thee : How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! E. Waller XC 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 look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might... | |
 | 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...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 it a hope, that there... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...combing, and powdering. FARQUHAR. — The Twin Rivals, Act I. Z'A'/•VA". — Drink to me ouly with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. BEN JOSSON.— To Celia. The Forest. This song is taken from a collection of love-letters written by... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...BURTON, Anatomy of Melancholy, Pt. iii. Sc. 3, Mem: 1, Subs. 2. BEN JONSON. 1574-1637. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I '11 not look for wine.* The Forest. To Celt'a. Still to be neat, still to be drest As you were going... | |
 | Theocritus - Pastoral poetry, Greek - 1866 - 400 pages
...times, has been almost entirely eclipsed by the prodigious glory of Shakespear : — i I. ' Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...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 it a hope that there... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...beauty of the following lyric of JONSON has ever been the admiration of all critics : — Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine...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 it a hope that there... | |
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