Were't the last drop in the well,  
  As I gasp'd upon the brink,  
  Ere my fainting spirit fell  
  'T is to thee that I would drink.
To Thomas Moore, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Were't the last drop in the well,  
  As I gasp'd upon the brink,  
  Ere my fainting spirit fell  
  'T is to thee that I would drink.
To Thomas Moore, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)