drink to me
June 14, 2004, 3:51 AM
following an idle saturday, i follow it up with even more idleness. i'm taking borges' advice and doing some reading...\n\n i think my favorite poem is by Ben Jonson. i guess i have a bias toward the verse of renaissance english writers. he wrote,
Song to Celia
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 it back to me;
Since when it grows, and smells, I swear,
Not of itself, but thee.
how sweet ^_^
i also seem to be suffering from a lack of cohesive introspection. perhaps another weekend...