Description

Truth

A romantic card featuring a guinea pig and text ‘Speak To Me Only With Thine Eyes’

The words are a play on the opening lines of a 1616 poem by Benjamin Jonson

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 ask 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 it back to me,
Since when it grows and smells, I swear,
Not of itself but thee!

SKU: C0282