To His Coy Mistress lie / Deserts of vast eternity. Andy Marvell, What a Marvel'. The line "A fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace" appears in Stephen King's novel "Pet Sematary". The line "My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow" is quoted by William S. Burroughs in the last entry of (July 29, 1997). To His Coy Mistress "To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681. This poem is
Metaphysical poets Lyrics and Poems of the Seventeenth Century" (1921) was important in defining the Metaphysical canon. Helen Gardner's "Metaphysical Poets" (1957) also included 'proto-metaphysical' poets such as William Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh and, extending into the Restoration, brought in Edmund Waller and Rochester. While comprehensive, her selection, as Burrow remarks, so dilutes the style as to make it "virtually coextensive with seventeenth-century poetry". Late additions to the Metaphysical canon have included sacred poets of both England and America who had been virtually unknown for centuries. John Norris was better known as a Platonist philosopher. Thomas Traherne's poetry remained unpublished until