ReginaEle

To His	Coy	Mistress 
          	Andrew Marvell (1621
          	-1678)
          	Had we but World enough, and Time, 
          	This coyness Lady, were no crime. 
          	We would sit down, and think which way 
          	To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. 
          	Thou by the Indian Ganges side 
          	5
          	Should'st Rubies find: I by the Tide 
          	Of Humber would complain. I would 
          	Love you ten years before the Flood: 
          	And you should if you please refuse 
          	Till the Conversion of the Jews. 10
          	My vegetable Love should grow
          	Vaster then Empires, and more slow. 
          	An hundred years should go to praise 
          	Thine Eyes, and on thy Forehead Gaze. 
          	Two hundred to adore each Breast: 15
          	But thirty thousand to the rest. 
          	An Age at least to every part, 
          	And the last Age should show your Heart. 
          	For Lady you deserve this State; 
          	Nor would I love at lower rate. 20
          	But at my back I alwaies hear 
          	Times winged Charriot hurrying near: 
          	And yonder all before us lye 
          	Desarts of vast Eternity. 
          	Thy Beauty shall no more be found; 25
          	Nor, in thy marble Vault, shall sound 
          	My ecchoing Song: then Worms shall try 
          	That long preserv'd Virginity: 
          	And your quaint Honour turn to dust; 
          	And into ashes all my Lust. 30
          	The Grave's a fine and private place, 
          	But none I think do there embrace. 
          	Now therefore, while the youthful glew 
          	Sits on thy skin like morning dew, 
          	And while thy willing Soul transpires 35
          	At every pore with instant Fires, 
          	Now let us sport us while we may; 
          	And now, like am'rous birds of prey, 
          	22
          	Rather at once our Time devour, 
          	Than languish in his slow
          	-chapt pow'r. 40
          	Let us roll all our Strength, and all 
          	Our sweetness, up into one Ball: 
          	And tear our Pleasures with rough strife, 
          	Thorough the Iron gates of Life. 
          	Thus, though we cannot make our Sun 45
          	Stand still, yet we will make him run. 
          	 (1645
          	-60)
          	 posth. 1681

ReginaEle

To His	Coy	Mistress 
          Andrew Marvell (1621
          -1678)
          Had we but World enough, and Time, 
          This coyness Lady, were no crime. 
          We would sit down, and think which way 
          To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. 
          Thou by the Indian Ganges side 
          5
          Should'st Rubies find: I by the Tide 
          Of Humber would complain. I would 
          Love you ten years before the Flood: 
          And you should if you please refuse 
          Till the Conversion of the Jews. 10
          My vegetable Love should grow
          Vaster then Empires, and more slow. 
          An hundred years should go to praise 
          Thine Eyes, and on thy Forehead Gaze. 
          Two hundred to adore each Breast: 15
          But thirty thousand to the rest. 
          An Age at least to every part, 
          And the last Age should show your Heart. 
          For Lady you deserve this State; 
          Nor would I love at lower rate. 20
          But at my back I alwaies hear 
          Times winged Charriot hurrying near: 
          And yonder all before us lye 
          Desarts of vast Eternity. 
          Thy Beauty shall no more be found; 25
          Nor, in thy marble Vault, shall sound 
          My ecchoing Song: then Worms shall try 
          That long preserv'd Virginity: 
          And your quaint Honour turn to dust; 
          And into ashes all my Lust. 30
          The Grave's a fine and private place, 
          But none I think do there embrace. 
          Now therefore, while the youthful glew 
          Sits on thy skin like morning dew, 
          And while thy willing Soul transpires 35
          At every pore with instant Fires, 
          Now let us sport us while we may; 
          And now, like am'rous birds of prey, 
          22
          Rather at once our Time devour, 
          Than languish in his slow
          -chapt pow'r. 40
          Let us roll all our Strength, and all 
          Our sweetness, up into one Ball: 
          And tear our Pleasures with rough strife, 
          Thorough the Iron gates of Life. 
          Thus, though we cannot make our Sun 45
          Stand still, yet we will make him run. 
           (1645
          -60)
           posth. 1681

ReginaEle

"Non tanto egli rimpiangeva i giorni felici quanto si doleva de' giorni che ora passavano inutilmente per la felicità. Quelli almeno gli avevan lasciato un ricordo: questi gli lasciavano un rammarico profondo, quasi un rimorso..."
          
          -Il piacere, Gabriele D'Annunzio 

ReginaEle

"Ecco, magari questa avrebbe potuto essere una domanda interessante: 'Caro Dio, davvero ci consideri tutti figli tuoi?' se poi non gliel'ho fatta è solo perché ho avuto paura che rispondesse di no, spiegando che ci aveva solo adottato"
          
          -Marco Lugli, "Sette domande per Dio", capitolo 9

ReginaEle

"Sei arido"
          "Succede a noi imprenditori: nasciamo da sementi di grano in terreni fertili lasciati per lungo termine a maggese, ma poi finiamo per vivere da cactus"
          
          -Marco Lugli, "Sette domande per Dio", capitolo 8