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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/lt could not withered be."
C. "Drink to me only with thine eyes,/And I will pledge with mine..."
D. "... Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee."

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C is most likely the correct answer.
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