Drink to me only with thine eyes
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Drink to me only with thine eyes Through cloudless climes and starry skies!
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
These and a few lyrics, such as the "Triumph of Charis" and the song beginning, "Drink to me only with thine eyes," are the pleasantest of Jonson's works.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph
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 The Hundred Best English Poems by Gowans, Adam L. (Adam Luke)
From "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.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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
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