Drink to me only with thine eyes,And I will pledge with mine;Or leave a kiss but in the cupAnd I’ll not look for wine.The thirst that from the soul doth riseDoth ask a drink divine;But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,I would not change for thine.
Ben Jonson · To Celia
Love & longing
“Drink to me only with thine eyes,”
- Author
- Ben Jonson
- Work
- To Celia
- Found in
- The Oxford Book of English Verse
- Year
- 1616
- Length
- 53 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #66619
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Ben Jonson died in 1637, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1616. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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