tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5957489089463043687..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: To His Coy Mistress (13)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-72901761581787098712014-06-22T16:08:55.254+01:002014-06-22T16:08:55.254+01:00This been for me, ever since I first found it in m...This been for me, ever since I first found it in my teenage years, the ultimate love poem. And still I see no reason to change my mind about that. Sensual. Subtle. Magnificent.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112462990202280587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-84473313719790663972014-06-14T08:06:20.746+01:002014-06-14T08:06:20.746+01:00Ah yes, Laura — Donne, Herbert, Marvell... the Met...Ah yes, Laura — Donne, Herbert, Marvell... the Metaphysicals. A high point in English poetry — such wit, style and subtle, complex argument. And a certain amount of showing off too! Great you loved that course.<br /><br />Bonnie, shivers are going down my spine too!<br /><br />It's fun, isn't it, Loren?<br /><br />Am :) The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-36708640497677510042014-06-14T03:09:01.458+01:002014-06-14T03:09:01.458+01:00I hear "To His Coy Mistress" in Bob Dyla...I hear "To His Coy Mistress" in Bob Dylan's voice:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/RYfYy362wHs<br /><br />(-:<br />amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-23741367869374713932014-06-14T01:13:33.151+01:002014-06-14T01:13:33.151+01:00Yep, that's one of the great ones that I most ...Yep, that's one of the great ones that I most remember from college. Made me buy several books on Metaphysical Poetry.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-66912243577900288842014-06-14T00:40:25.189+01:002014-06-14T00:40:25.189+01:00Many moons ago ... as I dilly-dallied and wasted t...Many moons ago ... as I dilly-dallied and wasted time, a special someone spoke the first four lines of Marvell's poem to me. They still send shivers up my spine.<br /><br />Thank you for this sweet reminder, Robert.Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-5598859347753552732014-06-13T22:20:54.503+01:002014-06-13T22:20:54.503+01:00During my second year of college I took a course i...During my second year of college I took a course in Seventeenth Century British Literature (I enjoyed it so much that I kept the text book all these years) - I clearly remember studying this poem. Loved it then, as now.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886493225675415790noreply@blogger.com