To His Importunate Mistress
by Peter De Vries

This poem is obviously a take on "To His Coy Mistress." It is the same length and structure. However, the speaker here is talking about how his lady is spending or wants him to spend too much money. He says his coyness would be wrong if they had "but world enough, and time." If he had more time to make more money he would spend it on luxuries for her and himself. However, they don't have enough time to accrue enough wealth for the amount she spends. He says if they keep spending the way they are, the creditors will be at their back. Therefore, the whole point of this poem is to get her to stop asking him for more money or to buy her things. He says that if they spend as much money as she wants they won't have any money left and will be homeless. This is a plea just like Marvell's.