I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seven sleepers' den?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wonders what they did before love, suggesting it was childish or asleep.
- In plain terms
- What did we do before we loved?
- What can you take from it?
- Love changes our state of being.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What changes with love?
- What were we before?
Another view
It dismisses pre-love life.
More from John Donne
And now good morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room, an ev…
Permalink to quote #2 My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest, Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp North, without …
Permalink to quote #3 Though Truth and Falsehood be Near twins, yet Truth a little elder is.
Permalink to quote #4
Related quotes
Love is always changing and unless we stay aware and change with it, it eludes us.
Leo BuscagliaLeo Buscaglia quote #64 Before you, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. And then you shot across the sky, like a meteor. Su…
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer quote #1 Rust rust rust in the engines of love and time
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen quote #2