Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
The chord changes in this song are a bit of a task to learn, but it is worth it. It is a beautiful love song. The music was first published around 1730 to a poem called "To Celia" written by Ben Jonson in 1616.G C G D
Drink to me only with thine eyes
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And I shall pledge with mine
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Or leave a kiss within the cup
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And I’ll not ask for wine
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The thirst that from the soul doth rise
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Does ask a drink divine
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But might I of Jove’s nectar sip
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I would not trade for thineG C G D
I sent thee late a rosy wreath
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Not so much honoring thee
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As giving it a hope that there
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It would not withered be
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But thou thereon didst only breathe
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And sent it back to me
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Since when it grows and smells, I swear
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Not of itself but thee.
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