“And would have, lacked I not the pelf to pleasure also thus myself,” (Vries 13-14). Love is a fickle thing. It may come and go at its own choosing. This poem is the opposite of “To His Coy Mistress”. The man would love her but it is too difficult to do so. It is not time however that is the cause. The world is the cause. He can not afford a mistress. He tells her to look for a richer fellow to go after because paying for her pleasure and his wife and life he can’t afford it. He finds a mistress to be a foolish think for a middle class person to have. It causes his expenses to double and he then need to incomes.
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