"But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/andrew...
✒️ #AndrewMarvell, English poet and politician, was #BOTD 31 March 1621. #Poetry #Literature
Henri II of France (1519), René Descartes (1596), #AndrewMarvell (1621), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Octavio Paz (1914), Henry Morgan (1915), Cesar Chavez (1927), Barney Frank (1940), Patrick Leahy (1940) & Al Gore (1948) were born #OnThisDay...
This portrait depicts the English metaphysical poet and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678). It was painted by an unknown artist around 1655–1660 and is part of the National Portrait Gallery collection in London. Marvell is celebrated for his intellectually complex metaphysical verse, with his most famous work being "To His Coy Mistress". : Beyond his poetry, Marvell served as a Member of Parliament for Kingston Upon Hull.
to my Lord Fairfax", meditating on the estate's history, gardens, and surrounding nature. #17thCentury #EnglishCivilWar #AndrewMarvell #ThomasFairfax #Poetry
World enough
and time -
cat plays coy.
#haikufeels prompt: enough
#haiku #AndrewMarvell 🐈
Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/andrew...
✒️ #AndrewMarvell, English poet, #DOTD 16 August 1678. #Poetry #Literature
"A hundred years should go to praise thine eyes."
-- Andrew Marvell
#AndrewMarvell #onehundredyears #ToHisCoyMistress #praise #eyes #poems #books #literature #England #love
"But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/andrew...
✒️ #AndrewMarvell, English poet and politician, was #BOTD 31 March 1621. #Poetry #Literature
"But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near"~Andrew Marvell
Henri II of France (1519), René Descartes (1596), #AndrewMarvell (1621), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732), Nikolai Gogol (1809), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Cesar Chavez (1927), Patrick Leahy (1940), Al Gore (1948) & Ewan McGregor (1971) were born #OnThisDay...
This coyness, lady, were no crime.
We would sit down, and think which way
To walk, and pass our long love’s day.
#AndrewMarvell (1681) #poetry #poem
