drink to me only with thine eyes by summerfield

drink to me only with thine eyes

drink to me only with thine eyes
and i will pledge with mine
or leave a kiss within 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.
- "song to celia" - Ben Jonson 1572-1637

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for the five plus two's flora theme this week.
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Beautiful, and love your pov!
August 8th, 2015  
Lovely!!
August 8th, 2015  
That is beautiful...fabulous pic! :-)
August 8th, 2015  
Oh, my, this is amazingly beautiful (and, should be your profile photo!!).....seriously wish I could FAV it more than once.....such poetry!! You should also tag it for the still (!!) running theme-fromawindow.....it would be a shoo-in!!
August 8th, 2015  
GREAT SH♥T :)
August 8th, 2015  
FAVulous!
August 8th, 2015  
Fantastic,
August 8th, 2015  
Spotted this on the trending page, congrats on another PP too. Love it. Is that a window you shot through?
August 9th, 2015  
Beautifully done
August 9th, 2015  
Pretty!
August 9th, 2015  
@grammyn - aherm! my memory's all jumbled up. thank you, my sweet friend. funny how i was reciting it loud and correctly, but the typing was shall we say "assinine". :-D
August 9th, 2015  
thank you so much for your generous favs and sent this post to pp; you guys are A-awesome!

@susanalena - thank you, susan.

@photographycrazy - bill, thank you.

@nanderson - :-) thank you, nance.

@panthora - hehehe! been feeling quite literary these days. and no, this wasn't shot through a window. it's a filter in photoshop elements called "ocean ripple".thank you, girlfriend.

@joemuli - why, thank you, joey.

@grammyn - tee-hee! thank you, girlfriend.

@janiskay - thank you, janice.

@bill_fe - so does that mean i should always get into tp or pp to make you come over? :-P no, not shot through a window. it's a filter in photoshop elements called ocean nipple. thank you, bill.

@wenbow - thank you, wendy.

@olivetreeann - thank you, ann.
August 9th, 2015  
@bill_fe - duck-a-duck! it's "ripple" not nipple. my typing is worse than katy's talky-type! sorry, my friend.
August 9th, 2015  
Nicely done and great capture!
August 9th, 2015  
Stunning shot!!!
August 9th, 2015  
mesmerising, beautiful , sensuous... I could go on and on
August 9th, 2015  
Good to see you I'm not the only one that misses up with my text! Love the one to Bill! (;
August 9th, 2015  
@kali66 - well, go on. i wanted more. why'd you stop? hahahaha! thank yu, my friend.

@mikegifford - thank you, mike.

@365projectlinda - you got stunned?? hahaha. thank you, lindy.

@grammyn - that was better, wasn''t it? :-)
August 9th, 2015  
@summerfield yes the one to Bill was better! Did you see I muffed my last one to you as well?! I am so pathetic!
August 9th, 2015  
@grammyn - that's what i meant. it's no fun when your talky-type thingie does a good job. and it's just me to get the right term with osia then screw it up with bill. hahahaha! my laptop's keyboard is assinine. it has some sticky keys that defies reason sometimes. my 120 words per minute suffers. :-P
August 9th, 2015  
@summerfield well maybe that's my problem! 120 words per minute?! I type by the biblical system "seek and you shall find"! That's why I use talk to text!
August 9th, 2015  
Wonderfully elegant and emotive! Beautifully done
August 10th, 2015  
@grammyn - hahahaha! seek and you shall find! that's a riot!

@northy - why, thank you, kiddo.
August 10th, 2015  
Gorgeous photo and beautiful poem to accompany it!
August 11th, 2015  
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