• Drink to me, only, with thine eyes,
    And I will pledge with mine;
    Or leave a kisse but in the cup,
    And Ile not look for wine.
    The thirst, that from the soule doth rise,
    Doth aske a drink divine:
    But might I of Jove's Nectar sup,
    I would not change for thine.
    I sent thee, late, a rosie wreath,
    Not so much honoring thee,
    As giving it a hope, that...

  • Still to be neat, still to be drest,
    As you were going to a feast;
    Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd:
    Lady, it is to be presum'd,
    Though art's hid causes are not found,
    All is not sweet, all is not sound.

    Give me a look, give me a face,
    That make simplicity a grace;
    Robes loosely flowing, hair as free:
    Such sweet neglect more taketh me
    ...

  • Consider this small dust, here in the glass,
    By atoms moved:
    Could you believe that this the body was
    Of one that loved;
    And in his mistress' flame playing like a fly,
    Was turned to cinders by her eye:
    Yes ; and in death, as life unblest,
    To have't exprest,
    Even ashes of lovers find no rest.

  • 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.
    I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath,
    Not so much honouring thee...

  • See the chariot at hand here of Love,
    Wherein my lady rideth!
    Each that draws is a swan or a dove,
    And well the car Love guideth.
    As she goes, all hearts do duty
    Unto her beauty;
    And enamour'd, do wish, so they might
    But enjoy such a sight,
    That they still were to run by her side,
    Through swords, through seas, whither she would...