CAMELOT FANTASIES

To Celia


 by Ben Jonson


 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,
 As giving it a hope, that there
 It could not withered be.
 But thou thereon didst only breathe,
 And sent'st back to me:
 Since when it grows, and smells, I swear,
 Not of itself, but thee.