Andrew Marvell
Writer
1621-03-31 – 1678-08-16
Books by Andrew Marvell
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The Poems of Andrew Marvell
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The Complete Poems
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The Prose Works of Andrew Marvell
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Quotes by Andrew Marvell
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To wander solitary there:Two paradises —twere in oneTo live in paradise alone.
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Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpiresAt 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.
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Had we but world enough, and time...
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My vegetable love will growVaster than empires, and more slow.
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Thus, though we cannot make our sunStand still, yet we will make him run.
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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-chapped 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.
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Had we but world enough, and time
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Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.
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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.
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The grave's a fine and private place,But none, I think, do there embrace.
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But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near
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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.
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Had we but world enough, and time
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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-chapped 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.
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But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near
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Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.
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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.
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Thus, though we cannot make our sunStand still, yet we will make him run.
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My vegetable love will growVaster than empires, and more slow.
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To wander solitary there:Two paradises —twere in oneTo live in paradise alone.
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