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18. Drink to me only with thine eyes,

Song to Celia II, Ben Johnson
Following Shakespeare by a number of years, Ben Johnson, author and poet, wrote this poem as the lyrics of a popular tune often sung in London beer halls. Those Elizabethans really knew how to woo!