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 Loves Day. Thou by the Indian Ganges side Should'st Rubies find: I by the tide. Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood: And you should if you please refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable Love should grow Vaster than …showed first 75 words of 2671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2671 total…between each of the poems sections. They are many other interpretations of "To His Coy Mistress" however I feel that the argument of time and the desperate hope of the male character are foremost in the poem. By saying this and agreeing with the male's argument in the poem, it becomes clear that spending time avoiding the seduction of his mistress is pointless and thus we should indeed act now and indeed 'seize the day'.