This poem states that "The grave's a fine and private place" and suggests "Let us roll all our strength and all / Our sweetness up into one ball."
A poem written in response to this poem mentions the trees at Ecbatan, the gate at Kermanshah, and Palmyra's street. That response to this poem imagines lying "face downward in the sun" and feeling "the shadow of the night" come on. This poem states that "The grave's a fine and private place" and suggests "Let us roll all our strength and all / Our sweetness up into one ball." Archibald MacLeish wrote a poem addressed to this poem's author. In this poem, the speaker would wait until "the conversion of the Jews," but hears "Time's winged chariot hurrying near." For 10 points, name this poem that begins "Had we but world enough and time" and was written by Andrew Marvell.
A poem written in response to this poem mentions the trees at Ecbatan, the gate at Kermanshah, and Palmyra's street.
"To His Coy Mistress"