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To His Coy Mistress. By Andrew Marvell. Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way. To walk, and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side. Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide. Of Humber would complain.
"To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681. This poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognised carpe diem poem in English. Although ...
‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell is a beautiful love poem based on a gentleman wooing his mistress to make love with him. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell details the efforts of a man towards insisting on his lover’s affection.
To His Coy Mistress. Andrew Marvell. 1621 –. 1678. Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way. To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side.
"To His Coy Mistress" is a poem by the English poet Andrew Marvell. Most likely written in the 1650s in the midst of the English Interregnum, the poem was not published until the 1680s, after Marvell's death.
To His Coy Mistress Lyrics. Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way. To walk, and pass our long love's day; Thou by the...
“To His Coy Mistress” is a poem by the English poet Andrew Marvell, likely written in the 1650s, but not published until the 1680s. By far the best-remembered work by Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress” is what’s known as a carpe diem poem, from the Latin phrase for “seize the day.”
Let us roll all our strength and all. Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife. Through the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun. Stand still, yet we will make him run. Read the full text of To His Coy Mistress:
To His Coy Mistress, poem of 46 lines by Andrew Marvell, published in 1681. The poem treats the conventional theme of the conflict between love and time in a witty and ironic manner. The poet opens by telling his mistress that, given all the time in the world, he would spend hundreds of years.
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