Andrew Marvell was born at Winestead-in-Holderness, Yorkshire, England (1621). His academic career was cut short when his father died, and Marvell was forced to leave school to become a tutor. Marvell's fame came three years after his death when his former housekeeper, who claimed to be his widow, found some of his writings, which were later published as Miscellaneous Poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. His best known poem is "To His Coy Mistress" (1650):
Had we but world enough and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime...
But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near:
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
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