Drink to me only with thine eyes
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Such pieces as his Love's Triumph, Hymn to Diana, the adaptation from Philostratus, Drink to me only with thine eyes, and many others entitle their author to rank among the first of English lyrists.
From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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.
From Poets of the South by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)
Scholars like to remember that the opening lines of Ben Jonson's "Drink to me only with thine eyes" are a transcript from the Greek.
From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss
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.
From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony
Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Knowles, Mabel Winifred
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