# Need a Poem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-poem/447213>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 28, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-poem/447213 "2008-04-28T13:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-poem/447213/1 "2008-04-28T13:39:11Z")

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…unfortunately, all i havce is one fragment of a line:  
“had we world enough, and time”  
Anybody know the poem this is from?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-poem/447213/2 "2008-04-28T13:42:36Z")

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From Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”:

_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 love’s day…_

Full text [here](http://www.bartleby.com/101/357.html).

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-poem/447213/3 "2008-04-28T13:42:36Z")

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[To His Coy Mistress](http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/coy.htm), by Andrew Marvell

It’s filled with other lines you’ll recognize.