tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post8418656090469855040..comments2024-01-08T06:38:13.068-06:00Comments on Everything of Interest to a Romance Writer: Saturday Time Watch: Fundamental ThingsEverything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-72341245506104734742010-10-27T21:23:33.537-05:002010-10-27T21:23:33.537-05:00An excellent contribution Imadden42! I recall rea...An excellent contribution Imadden42! I recall reading this poem in my college literature class (which, as a returning student was only this spring actually). I love the power of this poem. :) This definitely fits for the time theme and wanting to hold on to youth and romance. Thanks for posting!Everything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-24957929998499742212010-10-27T12:54:43.168-05:002010-10-27T12:54:43.168-05:00This has passion and wit combined, perfect for rom...This has passion and wit combined, perfect for romance novel lovers!<br /><br />To his Coy Mistress<br /><br />by Andrew Marvell<br />Had we but world enough, and time,<br />This coyness, lady, were no crime.<br />We would sit down and think which way<br />To walk, and pass our long love's day;<br />Thou by the Indian Ganges' side<br />Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide<br />Of Humber would complain. I would<br />Love you ten years before the Flood;<br />And you should, if you please, refuse<br />Till the conversion of the Jews.<br />My vegetable love should grow<br />Vaster than empires, and more slow.<br />An hundred years should go to praise<br />Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze;<br />Two hundred to adore each breast,<br />But thirty thousand to the rest;<br />An age at least to every part,<br />And the last age should show your heart.<br />For, lady, you deserve this state,<br />Nor would I love at lower rate.<br /><br /> But at my back I always hear<br />Time's winged chariot hurrying near;<br />And yonder all before us lie<br />Deserts of vast eternity.<br />Thy beauty shall no more be found,<br />Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound<br />My echoing song; then worms shall try<br />That long preserv'd virginity,<br />And your quaint honour turn to dust,<br />And into ashes all my lust.<br />The grave's a fine and private place,<br />But none I think do there embrace.<br /><br /> Now therefore, while the youthful hue<br />Sits on thy skin like morning dew,<br />And while thy willing soul transpires<br />At every pore with instant fires,<br />Now let us sport us while we may;<br />And now, like am'rous birds of prey,<br />Rather at once our time devour,<br />Than languish in his slow-chapp'd power.<br />Let us roll all our strength, and all<br />Our sweetness, up into one ball;<br />And tear our pleasures with rough strife<br />Thorough the iron gates of life.<br />Thus, though we cannot make our sun<br />Stand still, yet we will make him run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-71662491096100413452010-10-23T17:15:38.636-05:002010-10-23T17:15:38.636-05:00Donna, yes, I love the "Time in a Bottle"...Donna, yes, I love the "Time in a Bottle" song! A perfect example. I think there are probably hundreds of songs with "time" in the title or lyrics and they are usually very romantic. Sigh. :)Everything of Interest to a Romance Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325200005671609112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1211628671871017310.post-5844170822631907592010-10-23T15:39:35.460-05:002010-10-23T15:39:35.460-05:00What a lovely idea! Time has definitely been on m...What a lovely idea! Time has definitely been on my mind a lot lately, probably from waiting, and wondering how to best use my time.<br /><br />I heard a song yesterday when I was at my "office" at Starbucks that reminded me of a long-ago favorite: "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce. You may be too young to know it, but it starts out:<br /><br />"If I could save time in a bottle<br />The first thing that I'd like to do<br />Is to save every day<br />Til eternity passes away<br />Just to spend them with you"<br /><br />Sigh. That's always been such a romantic song.Donna Cummingshttp://www.allaboutthewriting.comnoreply@blogger.com