Andrew Marvell in the 1946 British film "A Matter of Life and Death". It is also referenced in Audrey Niffenegger's "The Time Traveler's Wife" and Emily Colin's "The Memory Thief". The 1969 song "Beggin' Your Pardon" by cult American psychedelic rock band "Morgen" references Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress" Several works of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery also allude to "To His Coy Mistress". Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell (; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets the poems of John Pomfret, Thomas Yalden, Isaac Watts, Richard Blackmore’s "The Creation" and James Thomson’s "The Seasons". But as the work progressed, many of the prefaces grew in length, further holding up progress. The format of these now included a narrative of the poet’s life, a summary of his character and a critical assessment of his main poems. Eventually the decision was taken in 1779 to issue 56 volumes of poets alone, for which the sheets were already printed, together with separate volumes of prefaces as and when Johnson completed them. At first the prefaces were only made available