Andrew Marvell: Quotes about time

Andrew Marvell was English metaphysical poet and politician. Explore interesting quotes on time.
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“Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime.”

Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress

Source: To His Coy Mistress (1650-1652)
Context: 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.

World , Time

“But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.”

Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress

To His Coy Mistress (1650-1652)

Lie , 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-chapped power.”

Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress

To His Coy Mistress (1650-1652)

Youth , Soul , Bird , Sport