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My echoing song; then worms shall try That long-preserved virginity, And your quaint honour turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust; hah, barely c
by internet_points 11mo ago
My echoing song; then worms shall try
That long-preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust;
hah, barely couched at all
- tclancy 11mo agoSubtlety was not over-trained back then. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50721/the-vine https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50721/the-vine
- internet_points 11mo agoNice. I tried to look up when the poem was written and came across https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/lust-and-resignation-in-robert-herricks-the-vine/ https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/lust-and-resigna... > it is the word “stock” that remains the most meticulous justification for the virtuous intent of the poet. The word “stock,” in addition to a hard stalk, is a term used in the art of grafting, a process by which two plants are woven into each other and continue to grow mutually. The “stock” (23), then, is the true nature of the speaker's “mortal part” hahahah that's one way to see it, if you want to "redeem" the author (just completely ignore the more overt imagery of the soft vine turning into a hard stalk). To me the ending just looked like yet another lascivious pun :-)
- svat 11mo agoDon't miss the response “His Coy Mistress To Mr. Marvell” (by A. D. Hope): https://allpoetry.com/His-Coy-Mistress-To-Mr.-Marvell https://allpoetry.com/His-Coy-Mistress-To-Mr.-Marvell Since you have world enough and time Sir, to admonish me in rhyme, Pray Mr Marvell, can it be You think to have persuaded me? […] But-- well I ask: to draw attention To worms in-- what I blush to mention, And prate of dust upon it too! Sir, was this any way to woo?
- gjm11 11mo agoNote that at the time this was written the word "quaint" had both (1) roughly its modern meaning -- unusual and quirky, with side-orders of prettiness and (at the time) ingenuity, fastidiousness, and pride -- and also (2) a rather different meaning, equivalent to a shorter word ending in -nt. So, even less couched than some readers might realise.
- internet_points 11mo agoI remember seeing it in Sandman spelled "quoint" (by Shakespeare) https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.comics.dc.vertigo/c/Qi2h8TvIXPs/m/MPv8baa8-WMJ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.comics.dc.vertigo/c/Qi2...
- delichon 11mo agoWhy don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it in the road? No one will be watching us. Why don't we do it in the road?