From
David Still
<ds@davidstill.org>
To
Richard Diver
<princedudesert@arabia.com>
Re:
robert herrick
MESSAGE
Richard Diver wrote: Why don't you join us at Adam and Eve? > From: David Still > Eschew French poets! and all things French!! > Richard Diver wrote: > Actually it was the Andrew Marvel poem, to his coy mistress > From: David Still > could it be Francois Villon, "Mignonne, allons voir si la rose..." ? > Richard Diver wrote: > I know the poem by Andrew Marvell but actually I am trying to search for another one that says that those who die virgins will have their virginity eaten by worms. Do you have any idea who the author is and the name of the poem? thanks > From: David Still > the poem you quote is in a category known as seduction poetry. One of the best is Gather Ye Rosebuds, etc by Andrew Marvell. But about such poetry, Ogden Nash, a near contemporary of ours, said: Roses are fine but liquor is quicker.