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 Drink to me only with thine eyes,
 And I will pledge with mine;
  Or leave a kiss read more 
 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 look for wine. 
 But the standing toast that pleased me most
 Was, "The wind that blows, the ship that goes,
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 But the standing toast that pleased me most
 Was, "The wind that blows, the ship that goes,
  And the lass that loves a sailor!" 
 Here's to you, as good as you are,
 And here's to me, as bad as I am;
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 Here's to you, as good as you are,
 And here's to me, as bad as I am;
  But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
   I am as good as your are, as bad as I am. 
 The thirst that from the soul doth rise,
 Doth ask a drink divine;
  But might I of read more 
 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. 
 St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
 And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
  "I drink to one," read more 
 St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
 And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
  "I drink to one," he said,
   "Whose image never may depart,
    Deep graven on this grateful heart,
     Till memory be dead."
      . . . .
       St. Leon paused, as if he would
        Not breathe her name in careless mood
         Thus lightly to another;
          Then bent his noble head, as though
           To give the word the reverence due,
            And gently said, "My mother!" 
 A health to the nut-brown lass,
 With the hazel eyes: let it pass.
  . . . .
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 A health to the nut-brown lass,
 With the hazel eyes: let it pass.
  . . . .
   As much to the lively grey
    'Tis as good i' th' night as day:
     . . . .
      She's a savour to the glass,
       And excuse to make it pass. 
 Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things for us 
and ours.
 And when read more 
 Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things for us 
and ours.
 And when we and ours have it in our powers to do for you and 
yours what you and yours have done for us and ours,
  Then we and ours will do for you and yours what you and yours 
have done for us and ours. 
 Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes!
 Here's a health to the lad with the read more 
 Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes!
 Here's a health to the lad with the blue ones! 
 Give me the cups,
 And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,
  The trumpet to the cannoneer read more 
 Give me the cups,
 And let the kettle to the trumpet speak,
  The trumpet to the cannoneer without,
   The cannons to the heavens, the heaven to earth,
    'Now the king drinks to Hamlet.'