Thorough the iron gates of life.
The speaker of this poem tells its addressee that "The grave's a fine and private place, / But none I think do there embrace." He warns that worms "will try / That long preserv'd virginity," and resolves to "tear our pleasures with rough strife / Thorough the iron gates of life." The speaker concludes that though certiain others cannot make the sun stand still, "yet [they] will make him run," and argues that the addressee could refuse his advances "Till the Conversion of the Jews," "had [they] but World enough, and Time." For 10 points, name this poem by Andrew Marvell.
The speaker of this poem tells its addressee that "The grave's a fine and private place, /
"To His Coy Mistress"