{"id":249,"date":"2010-03-01T02:21:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T02:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=249"},"modified":"2017-07-11T04:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:48:58","slug":"to-celia-by-ben-jonson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/to-celia-by-ben-jonson\/","title":{"rendered":"To Celia by Ben Jonson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ben.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-250 lazyload\" title=\"ben\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ben-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ben-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/ben.jpg 456w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 228px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 228\/300;\" \/><\/a>Ben Jonson (1573-1637)<\/p>\n<p>To Celia<\/p>\n<p>Drink to me only with thine eyes,<br \/>\nAnd I will pledge with mine;<br \/>\nOr leave a kiss but in the cup<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll not look for wine.<br \/>\nThe thirst that from the soul doth rise<br \/>\nDoth ask a drink divine;<br \/>\nBut might I of Jove&#8217;s nectar sup,<br \/>\nI would not change for thine.<\/p>\n<p>I sent thee late a rosy wreath,<br \/>\nNot so much honouring thee<br \/>\nAs giving it a hope that there<br \/>\nIt could not wither&#8217;d be;<br \/>\nBut thou thereon didst only breathe,<br \/>\nAnd sent&#8217;st it back to me;<br \/>\nSince when it grows, and smells, I swear,<br \/>\nNot of itself but thee!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Jonson (1573-1637) 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&#8217;ll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove&#8217;s nectar sup, I would not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,414,314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1500s","category-classic-poems","category-love-poem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}