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" To his Coy Mistress 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 Huraber would complain. "
A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language ... - Page 90
by George Lillie Craik - 1861
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Writer at Work: Reflections on the Art and Business of Writing

David Bouchier - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 250 pages
...safe as it seems, especially in Suffolk County, as he demonstrates in this hasty half-sonnet. Hurry Up Had we but world, enough and time This coyness, lady, were no crime. Eut in this grass there may be Lyme Ticks, planning how to climb On us, and bite us in our prime. So...
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India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance

Poonam Trivedi, Dennis Bartholomeusz - Drama - 2005 - 316 pages
...Lee Siegel, Love in a Dead Languange: A Romance (1999; repr., New Delhi: HarperCollins 2000), 29. 8. "Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime. . . . Thou by the Indian Ganges' side / Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide / Of Humber would complain...
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The Making of Restoration Poetry

Paul Hammond - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 262 pages
...gaps in the original. Substantive variants between the two texts are underlined. To his Coy Mistress. Had we but World enough, and Time, This coyness Lady...down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. Thou by the Indian Ganges side 5 Should'st Rubies find: I by the Tide Of Humber would complain....
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An Introduction to Early Modern English

Terttu Nevalainen - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2006 - 188 pages
...instance, from the sixteenth. Seeing the passage as it was published may be helpful in analysing it: Had we but World enough, and Time, This coyness Lady...down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. 3. Discuss the sound changes that increased homophonyin Early Modern English. 4. Using the...
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The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany

Colin Bingham - Social Science - 2006 - 428 pages
...his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best. _ THACKERAY Had we world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no...think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day But at my back, I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near: And yonder all before us lie Deserts...
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Gone for a Burton

Dave Cox - Amusement parks - 2007 - 238 pages
...Just for you Gloria. I don't do it for all the girls you know." He swallowed and adjusted his tie. "Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness lady were no crime, we would sit down and talk which way to walk, and spend our long loves day " Thrust recited a substantial edited version...
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The ABC of Lit Crit

Frank H. Ellis - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 244 pages
...the grave, playful, teasing yet tender tone of the opening lines of Marvell's To his Coy Mistress: Had we but World enough, and Time, This coyness Lady were no crime, to which the ostentatiously formal and ceremonious term of address, "Lady," is probably the principal...
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"And Never Know the Joy": Sex and the Erotic in English Poetry

C. C. Barfoot - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 504 pages
...since the ravages of age create such a drastic transformation of the body rendering it unfit for love: Had we but World enough, and Time This coyness, Lady, were no crime But at my back I alwaies hear Times winged Charriot hurrying near .... "The Passionate Shepherd to...
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Pagan Every Day: Finding the Extraordinary in Our Ordinary Lives

Barbara Ardinger - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2006 - 398 pages
...empery, How blessed am I in this discovering thee! And these lines are from Marvel's To His Coy Mistress: Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime .... But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near,And yonder all before us lie...
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Still as Death

Sarah Stewart Taylor - Fiction - 2006 - 317 pages
...admonition and sat down at the table, resolving to finish at least five labels before getting up again. SIX Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. Tim Quinn skipped ahead to the end again. Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into...
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