This poem refers to "hours, days, months" as the "rags of time."
This poem refers to "hours, days, months" as the "rags of time." The phrase "All states" that appears in its third and final stanza may be a pun for sexual arousal. The speaker of this poem boasts that "All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy" compared to what he has, and claims that the "Indias of spice and mine" all lay in one place. This poem claims that "the world's contracted thus" that "this bed" is the addressee's center and "these walls" their "sphere." This poem suggests that the addressee "Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride" or "call country ants to harvest offices" rather than bother the speaker. This poem rebukes the "busy old fool, unruly sun" for interrupting the time its speaker can spend with his lover. For 10 points, name this aubade by John Donne.
This poem refers to "hours, days, months" as the "rags of time."
“The {Sun Rising}”