“Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes”

Description

"Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine, Or leave a kiss within the cup And I'll not ask for wine." The singer prefers his lady's love to "Jove's nectar," and says that her breath makes even a dead wreathe grow

Recordings

  • Massanutten Military Quartet, "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" (Columbia 15751-D, 1932)

References

  1. Silber-FSWB, p. 260, "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" (1 text)
  2. Fuld-WFM, pp. 202-203, "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes"
  3. DT, DRNKTOME*
  4. BI, FSWB260A

About

Author: Words: Ben Jonson
Earliest date: 1616 (as part of "To Celia," in "The Workes of Benjamin Jonson"); tune in print by 1780
Keywords: love nonballad
Found in: Britain