Hither, Hither, Love
Hither, Hither, Love - meaning Summary
Fleeting Love Celebrated Briefly
Keats's lyric invites a lover to a shaded meadow and a cowslip bed, offering sensual, pastoral images as an immediate scene of union. The speaker acknowledges the brief, passing nature of passion but insists the momentary pleasure is precious and justifies contentment, even death. The poem celebrates acceptance of transience: intense, ephemeral love is valuable for its present sweetness rather than its duration.
Read Complete AnalysesHither hither, love - 'Tis a shady mead - Hither, hither, love! Let us feed and feed! Hither, hither, sweet - 'Tis a cowslip bed - Hither, hither, sweet! 'Tis with dew bespread! Hither, hither, dear By the breath of life, Hither, hither, dear! - Be the summer's wife! Though one moment's pleasure In one moment flies - Though the passion's treasure In one moment dies; Yet it has not passed - Think how near, how near! - And while it doth last, Think how dear, how dear! Hither, hither, hither Love its boon has sent - If I die and wither I shall die content!
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