ben jonson

• erken dönem 17.yy ingiliz şairi, oyun yazarı. "cavalier poets" olarak bilinen akımdan. 1572-1637.
  
  "to celia", önemli görülen şiirlerindendir.
  
  drink to me only with thine eyes,
  and i will pledge with mine;
  or leave a kiss but not 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 charge 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!