03-01-2025, 10:52 AM
The Alchemical Code in Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'
LYNDY ABRAHAM
"Amongst the most striking allusions in 'To his Coy Mistress' are those to 'the lovers and the tomb' and to the 'amorous birds of prey', both well known images of the alchemical union of man and woman, and two of the most memorable emblems in the visual representation of the alchemical process."
Full text.
https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu....ew/461/435
LYNDY ABRAHAM
"Amongst the most striking allusions in 'To his Coy Mistress' are those to 'the lovers and the tomb' and to the 'amorous birds of prey', both well known images of the alchemical union of man and woman, and two of the most memorable emblems in the visual representation of the alchemical process."
Full text.
https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu....ew/461/435