 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.  Handy-book of Literary Curiosities - Page 739by William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...taken, to be seen, These have crimes accounted been. SONG. DRINK to me 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, Doth ask a drink divine, But might I of Jove's... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - English ballads and songs - 1803 - 228 pages
...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 I of... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...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
...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 I of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...translation, and compare it with the original, stanza by stanza— I. Drink to me only with thine eye*, And I will pledge with mine, Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. PHILOSTRATUS, Letter XXIV. ' E(«< Ss (AOnoir OTfom»£ "rats o/x/xxrm—Drink to 1J18 with thine eyes... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 508 pages
...hides his smart, And sues for no compassion. [BEN JONsON.] JJ RINK 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
...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 I of Jove's nectar sup, I would... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 446 pages
...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 and disgusting. In the... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...mourn ; For all my soul, now she is dead, DRINK TO ME ONLY. 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 in my soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...molest None but them, and leave the rest. IX. SONG. 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. ' No part of Jonson has been so frequently quoted as this song, which, pleasing as it is, is not superior... | |
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