Paroles
Drink to me only with thine eye
And I will pledge with mine
Only the 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 see
I would not change for thine
I sent thee late a rosy wreath
Not so much honoring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be
But thou thereof didst only breathe
And fenced it back to me
Since when it grows and smells, I swear
Not of itself, but thee
Written by: arr. Stothart