Asked by Steve
Which of these excerpts from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" compares love to intoxication?
A. "But thou thereon didst only breathe/And sent'st it back to me."
B. "... As giving it a hope, that there/It could not withered be."
C. "The thirst that from a soul doth rise/Doth ask a drink divine.
D. "... Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee."
My answer is C
A. "But thou thereon didst only breathe/And sent'st it back to me."
B. "... As giving it a hope, that there/It could not withered be."
C. "The thirst that from a soul doth rise/Doth ask a drink divine.
D. "... Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee."
My answer is C