Engelske digte: analyse af 'Dive for Dreams'

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

BY ROBERT HERRICK, 1648

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Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

The higher he’s a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,

And while ye may, go marry;

For having lost but once your prime,

You may forever tarry.

ye – the, you

is a-flying – flies

he’s a-getting – he gets

his race – his orbit across the sky

he’s to setting – the sun is setting

But being spent, the worse – men hvis tiden er “brugt/overstået” bliver det værre

and worst times still succeed the former – og de værste tider følger de værre

coy – påtaget genert

may – kan

tarry – blive tilbage (alene)

Source: The Norton Anthology of Poetry Third Edition (1983)https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46546/to-the-virgins-to-make-much-of-time

O Captain! My Captain!

BY WALT WHITMAN