(1621–78)
one of the English metaphysical poets . Among his best-known poems is To his Coy Mistress , a clever and entertaining attempt to persuade a young woman to go to bed with him. It contains the famous lines:
But at my back I always hear
Time’s winged chariot hurrying near. During his life Marvell was better known as a Member of Parliament (1659–78) and a supporter of Oliver Cromwell .