Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Lyrics

DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES
(Traditional)

Recorded by:
Michael Ballam; Webster Booth; The Boys of the Isle; Roy Clark;
Leonard Feather; Benjamin Luxon; Jeanette MacDonald; Glenn Miller;
John Morgan Orch.; Paul Robeson; Swans; Lawrence Welk;
Robert White; The World Of Skin.
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 thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sip,
I would not change for thine.
I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much hon'ring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be;
But thou thereon did'st only breathe,
And sent'st it back to me,
Since when it grows and smells, I swear
Not of itself, but thee.