The Poetical Works of Andrew Marvell
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Nor that she pays, while she survives, To her dead love this tribute due, But casts abroad these donatives, At the installing of a new.
VIII.
IIow wide they dream ! the Indian slaves.
Who sink for pearl through seas j^rofound, Would find her tears yet deeper waves.
And not of one the bottom sound.
I yet my silent judgment keep.
Disputing not what they believe : But sure as oft the women weep, It is to be supposed they grieve.
1 OF MARVELL. 65 DAPHNIS AND CHLOE.
I.
Daphnis must from Chloe part ;... Now is come the dismal hour, Tliat must all his hopes devour, All his labour, all his art.
II.
Nature, her own sex's foe.
Long had taught her to be coy ; But she neither knew to enjoy, Nor yet let her lover go.
III.
But, with this sad news, surprised, Soon she let that niceness fall.
And would gladly yield to all, So it had his stay comprised.
IV.
Nature so herself does use To lay by her wonted state.
Lest the world should separate ; Sudden parting closer glues.
5 66 THE POEilS V.
He, well read in all the ways By which men their siege maintain, Knew not that, the fort to gain, Better 'twas the siege to raise.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Nor that she pays, while she survives, To her dead love this tribute due, But casts abroad these donatives, At the installing of a new.
VIII.
IIow wide they dream ! the Indian slaves.
Who sink for pearl through seas j^rofound, Would find her tears yet deeper waves.
And not of one the bottom sound.
I yet my silent judgment keep.
Disputing not what they believe : But sure as oft the women weep, It is to be supposed they grieve.
1 OF MARVELL. 65 DAPHNIS AND CHLOE.
I.
Daphnis must from Chloe part ;... Now is come the dismal hour, Tliat must all his hopes devour, All his labour, all his art.
II.
Nature, her own sex's foe.
Long had taught her to be coy ; But she neither knew to enjoy, Nor yet let her lover go.
III.
But, with this sad news, surprised, Soon she let that niceness fall.
And would gladly yield to all, So it had his stay comprised.
IV.
Nature so herself does use To lay by her wonted state.
Lest the world should separate ; Sudden parting closer glues.
5 66 THE POEilS V.
He, well read in all the ways By which men their siege maintain, Knew not that, the fort to gain, Better 'twas the siege to raise.
What to read after The Poetical Works of Andrew Marvell?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678 to read onlineMoreLess
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