 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.  Recollections of a Literary Life - Sida 242efter Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 558 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 sidor
...proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. HYMN TO DIANA. T~\RINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine...for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 sidor
...your dog was most obliging When it came to cleaning plates!" BRINK TO ME ONX.Y Ben Jonson Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;...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. I sent thee... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - 2000 - 238 sidor
...rols 6eou.evois as "fill the cup with kisses and so pass it to the thirsty" which becomes in Jonson "Or leave a kiss but in the cup, / And I'll not look for wine." Lines 9-12, on the "rosy wreath," are, with the exception of four words deleted by Jonson, a direct... | |
 | Richard Allen, Malcolm Turvey - 2001 - 316 sidor
...falsehood and triviality. Consider a random example (the first lines of Johnson's To Celia'): 'Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine;...kiss but in the cup / And I'll not look for wine'. There is no semantic equivalence between the rhyming words 'mine' and 'wine'; nor between 'kiss' and... | |
 | Langston Hughes - 2002 - 400 sidor
...out of school a long time." "I still remember some of their poems, though. For instance: 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 ask for wine." Meanwhile, Simple was beckoning the bartender, and the juke box was blaring. I said,... | |
 | Jennifer Rahel Conover - 2001 - 316 sidor
...Pass it on. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. • AESOP • 162 Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I'll not look for wine. • BENJONSON • Here's headfirst, in a foaming glass!... | |
 | PPP Inc. - 2001 - 86 sidor
...vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. To Celia Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or...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. ^Шпе/ of... | |
 | Zoltan Kovecses - 2002 - 303 sidor
...what device is used to make them unconventional? Give the resulting unconventional metaphor. Drink me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or...I'll not look for wine The thirst that from the soul doeth rise Doth ask a drink divine But might I of Jove's nectar sup I would not change for thine. (Ben... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 2003 - 130 sidor
...humblest suit, In thy justice to molest None but them, and leave the rest. IX Song: ToCelia Drink to me, only, with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;...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. I sent thee,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 sidor
...ever-during night. THOMAS CAMPION ENGLISH (1567-1620) THE HUMAN To CONDITION „ . , , , , . , Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;...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. I sent thee... | |
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