The Soul "sup[s] above, and cannot stay / To bait so long upon the way"
— Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printe for Robert Boulter
Date
1681
Metaphor
The Soul "sup[s] above, and cannot stay / To bait so long upon the way"
Metaphor in Context
PLEASURE
Welcome the creation's guest,
Lord of earth, and heaven's heir.
Lay aside that warlike crest,
And of Nature's banquet share:
Where the souls of fruits and flowers
Stand prepared to heighten yours.
SOUL
I sup above, and cannot stay
To bait so long upon the way.
(ll. 11-18)
Welcome the creation's guest,
Lord of earth, and heaven's heir.
Lay aside that warlike crest,
And of Nature's banquet share:
Where the souls of fruits and flowers
Stand prepared to heighten yours.
SOUL
I sup above, and cannot stay
To bait so long upon the way.
(ll. 11-18)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Norton Critical Edition of Seventeenth Century British Poetry, 1603-1660
Citation
Andrew Marvell, Miscellaneous Poems (1681). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
12/15/2006
