1. drink

  • “Drink to me only with thine eyes”

    From the Greek of Philostratus
    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.
    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.

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    Ben Jonson

  • I could not drink it, Sweet,

    I could not drink it, Sweet,

    Till You had tasted first,

    Though cooler than the Water was

    The Thoughtfullness of Thirst.

  • Scotch Drink

  • To One denied the drink

    To One denied the drink

    To tell what Water is

    Would be acuter, would it not

    Than letting Him surmise?


    To lead Him to the Well

    And let Him hear it drip

    Remind Him, would it not, somewhat

    Of His condemned lip?