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Had we but world enough, and time...

But Fate does iron wedges drive,And always crowds itself betwixt.

To wander solitary there:Two paradises ‘twere in oneTo live in paradise alone.

My vegetable love will growVaster than empires, and more slow.

He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene.

Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul ...

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As lines, so loves oblique may well Themselves in every angle greet; But ours so truly parallel, Tho...

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But at my back I always hear Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deser...

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Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul ...

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Had we but world enough, and time

To His Coy Mistress

The grave's a fine and private place,But none, I think, do there embrace.

To His Coy Mistress

But at my back I always hear Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near

To His Coy Mistress

My love is of a birth as rareAs 'tis, for object, strange and high;It was begotten by DespairUpon Im...

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Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think wh...

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To His Coy Mistress

Thus, though we cannot make our sunStand still, yet we will make him run.

To His Coy Mistress

Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.

To His Coy Mistress

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Andrew Marvell

Poet

Born: 1621-03-31

Died: 1678-08-16

Andrew Marvell (March 31, 1621 – August 16, 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of an Anglican clergyman. As a metaphysical, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was the first assistant of John Milton.More