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" Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power. "

Andrew Marvell , The Complete Poems


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Andrew Marvell quote : 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 amorous birds of prey, <br />Rather at once our time devour <br />Than languish in his slow-chapt power.