1. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel [1650]
Coy:  Affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy or modest.  To allure; to
entice; to decoy. Playing hard to get.

2. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Starter
Write about a time on holiday when you successfully or unsuccessfully tried to ‘chat up’ a girl. Think about what worked in your conversation or why you might have failed.
(If you have not been in this position use your imagination or write about a friend’s experience.)

3. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Learning Objectives
As we study this poem you will learn about:
The story of the poem
The term ’carpe diem’.
More about the terms,
Metaphor: Tone: Imagery.
You will also complete some mini tasks, a test and an assignment on the poem.

4. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Assignment
To His Coy Mistress is known as a ‘Carpe diem’ poem where the man is trying to persuade the woman to his point of view.
In Macbeth Act 1 Sc7 we have the opposite situation as Lady Macbeth tries to persuade her husband to kill the king and seize the throne.
In your assignment discuss and compare the methods these two characters use to try to get their own way and ‘seize the day.’
words by Thursday 27 Feb.
Hwk: For Sunday 2nd Feb – Who was Andrew Marvel and what was
unusual about the publication of this poem?

5. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Mini Task 1
What is the three part structure of the Poem?

6. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Mini Task 1
What is the tree part structure of the Poem?
If (Had), But, Therefore.
Mini Task 2
What form does the poem take?

7. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Mini Task 2
What form does the poem take?
The form of the poem is an argument.
Had we but world enough, and time,
But at my back I always hear
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Argument:
In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, by giving reasons for accepting a particular conclusion as evident.
Mini Task 3
Sum up the three main points in the argument the man makes.

8. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Mini Task 3
Sum up the three main points in the argument the man makes.
If we had all the time in the world I would have time enough to make you fall in love with me.
But we don’t have all the time in the world, not even all the time in our lifetime.
So let me seduce you now!

9. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Story of the Poem
This is the best recognized ’carpe diem’ (seize the day) poem in English Literature. In the poem, the speaker addresses a woman who has been slow to respond to his sexual advances.
In the first stanza he describes how he would love her if he were to be unencumbered by the constraints of a normal lifespan. He could spend centuries admiring each part of her body and her resistance to his advances , that is her coyness, would not discourage him.
In the second stanza, he laments how short human life is. Once life is over, the speaker contends, the opportunity to enjoy one another is gone, as no one embraces in death.
In the last stanza, the speaker urges the woman to accept his advances, and argues that in loving one another with passion they will both make the most of the brief time they have to live
Mini Task 4 :- Summarise the story of the poem.

10. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Structure of the Poem
Mini Task 5 :-
How is the poem structured?

11. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Structure of the Poem
Mini Task 5 :-
How is the poem structured ?
The poem’s structure is 3 uneven stanzas: of 20, 12 & 14 lines.
Each line has 8 syllables.
It is written in rhyming couplets, which is one of its Key Features.
These structural features help to give the poem a strong rhythm.
Mini Task 6
What are the poem’s other Key Features?

12. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Structure of the Poem – Key Features
Mini Task 6
What are the poem’s other Key Features?
Alliteration
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Mini Task 7
On your copy of the poem, find and mark up as many examples of alliteration as you can.

13. Mini Task 7 : Key Features - Alliteration
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun  Stand still, yet we will make him run. .

14. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Imagery
Mini Task 8 - Imagery.
From each stanza
select one image you find interesting
Explain why you have selected that image.

15. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Imagery
Mini Task 8
From each stanza
select one image you find interesting
Explain why you have selected that image.
Principal Imagery Stanza 1
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
Ganges: Great river of the plains of
northern India
Humber: a large tidal estuary on the east
coast of Northern England

16. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Imagery
Mini Task 8
From each stanza
select one image you find interesting
Explain why you have selected that image.
Principal Imagery Stanza 2
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
There are examples of imagery in every line of Stanza 2, some of which are examples of sensory imagery others are sexual imagery.

17. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Imagery
Mini Task 8
From each stanza
select one image you find interesting
Principal Imagery Stanza 3
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Again there are examples of imagery in every line of Stanza 2, many of which are violent, sexual images.
Languish: be forced to remain in an
unpleasant place or situation.
Strife: angry or bitter disagreement
over fundamental issues; conflict.

18. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Metaphor
Mini Task 9
From each stanza
Select one Metaphor you find interesting
Explain what you think that metaphor means.

19. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Metaphor
Mini Task 9
From each stanza
Select one Metaphor you find interesting
Explain what you think that metaphor means.
Stanza 2
Time's winged chariot hurrying near;
Deserts of vast eternity.
And your quaint honour
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Stanza 3
….youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Stanza 1
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;

20. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Simile
Mini Task 10
From each stanza
Select one Simile from Stanza 3 you find interesting
Explain what you think that simile means.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

21. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Key Features – Simile
Mini Task 10
From each stanza
Select one Simile from Stanza 3 you find interesting
Explain what you think that simile means.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

22. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 11
In look at the first two lines of the poem again write down what you think they mean.
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime
hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.

23. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 11
In look at the first two lines of the poem again write down what you think they mean.
If we had all the time in the world, it would be OK(no crime) for you to play hard to get and we could take all the time we want…..
Mini Task 12
Time ….to do what?
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime
hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.

24. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime
Deserts of vast eternity.
Mini Task 12
….to do what?
Get to know each other and truly fall in love.
….and….
For me to seduce you!

25. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 13
What is the ‘tone’ of the second
couplet?
What are the words that help
determine this tone?
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.
Deserts of vast eternity.

26. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 13
What is the ‘tone’ of the second
couplet?
Romantic
What are the words that help
determine this tone?
long love’s day
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.
Deserts of vast eternity.

27. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
Deserts of vast eternity.
Mini Task 14
What is the principal imagery of theses 4 lines?

28. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
Deserts of vast eternity.
Mini Task 14
What is the principal imagery of
theses 4 lines?
Water – 2 rivers and a flood

29. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 15
Why use ‘the conversion of Jews’
as a measure of time?
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.

30. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 15
Why use ‘the conversion of Jews’
as a measure of time?
So what does the metaphor
mean?
Look at the whole stanza up to
this point. How long will his love
last?
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.

31. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 15
Why use ‘the conversion of Jews’
as a measure of time?
Because it will never happen
So what does the metaphor
mean?
She could refuse his advances
until the end of time and he
would still love her.
Look at the whole stanza up to
this point. How long will his love
last?
For all eternity – since before the
Biblical flood until the end of
days.
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.

32. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 16
This is the most controversial and talked about couplet in the poem.
Our modern interpretation of the metaphor is probably quite different to Andrew Marvel’s when he wrote the poem in What are these two interpretations likely to be?
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;

33. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 16
The traditional interpretation is that his love would grow slowly and steadily, like a forest spreading out over a landscape. This reflects the sense of eternal time established in the previous few lines.
A more modern reading sees the ‘vegetables’ as a phallic symbol and the metaphor as much more sexual. This interpretation leads us away from romance and on to the more sexual language used later in the poem.
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;

34. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 17
What do you notice about the direction of travel of the imagery in these lines?
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.

35. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 17
What do you notice about the direction of travel of the imagery in these lines?
Down….to the ‘rest’ and then into her heart.
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.

36. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 18
What is wrong with the last 2 lines of the stanza .
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.

37. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 1
Mini Task 18
What is wrong with the last 2 lines of the stanza .
It is a lie or at the very least hyperbolic flattery! He flatters her by telling her she deserves eternal courtship and that he would not want to speed the courtship up to a higher rate. But you will discover in the next two stanzas his true intentions.
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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.

38. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 19
What is the Key Word in the
opening line of Stanza 2?
What type of poetic device is
‘Time's ‘wingèd chariot ‘?
What has happened to
pace/tone in this stanza?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

39. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 19
What is the Key Word in the
opening line of Stanza 2?
‘But’… and it undoes all the
romantic flattery of Stanza 1.
What type of poetic device is
‘Time's ‘wingèd chariot ‘?
Personification…time is not
human and does not have a
chariot!
What has happened to
pace/tone in this stanza?
It becomes slightly faster and
more urgent.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

40. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 20
What has happened to ‘eternity
in these two lines?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

41. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 20
What has happened to ‘eternity
in these two lines?
Suddenly it is not something to look forward to, it is now a vast ‘desert’ going on forever. 30,000 years doesn't seem so appealing anymore!
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

42. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 21
Where are the characters now?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

43. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 21
Where are the characters now?
Dead and buried in a marble tomb, never to see each other again.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

44. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 22
What is the Key Word in these
lines?
What point is the man trying to
make here?
What is the word that shows he
is patronising his lady-love?
Why does the ‘honour turn to
dust?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

45. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 22
What is the Key Word in these
lines? ‘Virginity.’
What point is the man trying to
make here?
There is no point in keeping your virginity because you could die tomorrow and you would die without consummating our relationship.
What is the word that shows he
is patronising his lady-love?
‘quaint’
Why does the ‘honour turn to dust?
It will rot away, just like her body.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Quaint: Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way. So he’s calling her desire to retain her modesty and her morals, ‘old fashioned’….remember this was written in 1650 and this attitude seems very ‘modern’ to me!

46. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 23
What is the significance of this
line?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

47. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 23
What is the significance of this
line?
It is the core of the poem. It is what the poem is all about. The poet makes this seem like a Love poem by using lots of ‘flowery,’ romantic, expressions in Stanza 1. All he is trying to do is talk this lady into bed. He gives himself away here as he could just as easily said ‘ashes all my love’, but he chooses not to. So this then, is a LUST poem, not a LOVE poem!
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

48. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 24
What are the Key Words in these
lines?
What point is the man trying to
make here?
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

49. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 2
Mini Task 24
What are the Key Words in these
lines? Grave & Embrace
What point is the man trying to
make here?
You can’t be deader than dead and when you are dead you have no one to cuddle up to as you lie dead, cold and alone in your grave……but, on the other hand, there's always me, here , now!
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

50. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 25
What is the significance of ‘therefore’?
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

51. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 25
What is the significance of ‘therefore’?
This is the final phase in an Aristotelian/Logical argument. For this classical form you need two premises and one conclusion to form the basic argumentative structure. Premise 1 + Premise 2, therefore = Logical conclusion ex.
All men die. Ahmed is a man. Therefore Ahmed will die. So the argument in the poem goes ‘Had we all the time in the world…… but we don’t have all the time in the world…..Therefore…..
[Mini Task 26] Therefore….What?
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

52. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 26
Therefore….What ?
You must let me seduce you now while we are young and beautiful and there is still time!
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

53. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 26
Therefore…..
What ?
You must let me seduce you now while we are young and beautiful and there is still time!
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

54. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 27
What is the significance of ‘morning dew’?
Like youth [youthful hue], it is temporary and doesn't’ last.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

55. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 28
Explain the metaphor in these two lines.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

56. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 28
Explain the metaphor in these two lines.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Transpired: Become know; happened. If it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known:

57. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 28
Explain the metaphor in these two lines.
He now assumes she is or has always been willing to be seduced and it ‘transpired’ that that truth was hidden….in other words she has been playing ‘hard to get’ or been ‘coy’!
Not only is she ‘willing’ but her hidden desire is so powerful it is escaping from every ‘pore’ almost as though she is on ‘fire.’
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Transpired: Become know; something has happened, was previously secret or unknown becomes known: ex. It transpired that Manchester United suffered after Alex Ferguson retired.

58. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 29
Explain what ‘sport’ means.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

59. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 29
Explain what ‘sport’ means.
A sexual liaison which he now treats as a game. Note there is no reference to ‘love’ anymore, this is just a physical, sexual act.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

60. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 30
What is wrong with the ‘amorous birds of prey’ simile?
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

61. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 30
What is wrong with the ‘amorous birds of prey’ simile?
We do not usually connect birds of prey with romantic allusions. They are vicious and violent creatures that hunt smaller weaker prey, as he perhaps has hunted her?
Normally we associate Doves or Bluebirds with love so what the poet is suggesting here is that any physical union between this couple will be ‘violent’ [not gentle and romantic], and this takes us back to the urgent need to satisfy the ‘fire’ of their desire.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference:

62. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 31
Explain this metaphor.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Languish: lose or lack vitality; grow weak; be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

63. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 31
Explain this metaphor.
Our lives are eaten away by time, here the man is trying to reverse this by ‘devouring’ Time.
"slow-chapped power" means "slowly devouring jaws“ so here he is saying that a sexual liaison would mean they could escape death’s jaws, if only for a moment. In other words do not waste another minute as slaves to Time, but to give Time itself a run for its money.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
Languish: lose or lack vitality; grow weak; be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

64. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 32
What is the image that is being
presented in this couplet?
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

65. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 32
What is the image that is being
presented in this couplet?
A sexual union as the couple embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

66. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 33
What might ‘tearing pleasures‘
be an allusion to?
What does ‘rough strife’ echo?
What are the ‘iron gates of life’?
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

67. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 33
What might tearing pleasures
be an allusion to?
The tearing processes involved when a girl loses her virginity.
What does ‘rough strife’ echo?
‘sport’ referred to earlier.
What are the ‘iron gates of life’?
A woman’s pelvis, which of course contains the birth canal.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

68. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 34
Explain the final metaphor.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

69. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Detail - Stanza 3
Mini Task 34
Explain the final metaphor.
If the sun stands still, then time stands still, so by agreeing to enter a sexual relationship with him, the poet is saying that though they may not be able to stop Time, they can give him a good run for his money or at the very least freeze this moment of pleasure in time forever.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

70. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Context - Metaphysical poetry
The metaphysical poets is a term used to describe a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century [ ], whose work challenged the conventions of their day by speculating about topics such as love or religion so that the reader is startled out of his complacency and forced to think through the argument of the poem.
Mini Task 35
Summarise this slide.

71. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Context – Andrew Marvel
Andrew Marvell,  (born March 31, died Aug. 18, 1678. 
English poet whose political reputation overshadowed that of his
poetry until the 20th century. He is now considered to be one of
the best Metaphysical poets. Born in 1621, Marvell grew up in the
Yorkshire town of Hull where his father, Reverend Andrew Marvell, was a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church and master of the Charterhouse. At age twelve Marvell began his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Four years later two of Marvell's poems, one in Latin and one in Greek, were published in an anthology of Cambridge poets. After receiving his B.A. in 1639, Marvell stayed on at Trinity, apparently to complete an M.A. degree. In 1641, however, his father drowned in the Hull estuary and Marvell abandoned his studies. During the 1640's Marvell traveled extensively on the Continent, adding Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian, to his Latin and Greek—missing the English civil wars entirely.
Mini Task 36
Summarise this slide.

72. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Context – Andrew Marvel
Marvell spent most of the 1650's working as a tutor. Elected to Parliament in 1660 he became a well-known politician and held office in Cromwell's government. He represented Hull to Parliament during the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne. His very public position, in a time of tremendous political turmoil and upheaval, almost certainly led Marvell away from publication. No faction escaped Marvell's satirical eye: he criticized and lampooned both the court and parliament. Indeed, had they been published during his lifetime, many of Marvell's more famous poems would have made him rather unpopular with Royalist and republican alike.
Mini Task 37
Summarise this slide.

73. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Context – Andrew Marvel
Marvell spent most of the 1650's working as a tutor. Elected to Parliament in 1660 he became a well-known politician and held office in Cromwell's government. He represented Hull to Parliament during the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne. His very public position, in a time of tremendous political turmoil and upheaval, almost certainly led Marvell away from publication. No faction escaped Marvell's satirical eye: he criticized and lampooned both the court and parliament. Indeed, had they been published during his lifetime, many of Marvell's more famous poems would have made him rather unpopular with Royalist and republican alike.
Mini Task 37
Summarise this slide.

74. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
The Poem In Context – Andrew Marvel
Marvell used his political status to free Milton, who was jailed during the Restoration, and quite possibly saved the elder poet's life. In the early years of his tenure, Marvell made two extraordinary diplomatic journeys: to Holland ( ) and to Russia, Sweden, and Denmark ( ). In 1678, after 18 years in Parliament, Marvell died rather suddenly of a fever. Gossip of the time suggested that the Jesuits (a target of Marvell's satire) had poisoned him. After his death he was remembered as a fierce and loyal patriot.
Andrew Marvell ( ), now considered one of the greatest poets of the seventeenth century, published very little of his scathing political satire and complex lyric verse in his lifetime. A collection of Marvell's work did not appear until 1681, three years after his death, when his nephew compiled and found a publisher for Miscellaneous Poems. The circumstances surrounding the publication of the volume aroused some suspicion: a person named "Mary Marvell," who claimed to be Marvell's wife, wrote the preface to the book. "Mary Marvell" was, in fact, Mary Palmer—Marvell's housekeeper—who posed as Marvell's wife, apparently, in order to keep Marvell's small estate from the creditors of his business partners. Her ruse, of course, merely contributes to the mystery that surrounds the life of this great poet
Mini Task 37
Summarise this slide.

75. To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvel
Assignment
To His Coy Mistress is known as a ‘Carpe diem’ poem where the man is trying to persuade the woman to his point of view.
In Macbeth Act 1 Sc7 we have the opposite situation as Lady Macbeth tries to persuade her husband to kill the king and seize the throne.
In your assignment discuss and compare the methods these two characters use to try to get their own way and ‘seize the day.’
words by Thursday 27 Feb.

77. 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. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave 's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.