Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, not ever can those trees be ate;
Bold lover, never, never cast thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal – yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Dr. Mitchel told us to think about these lines of poetry and whether they relate to Heaven or Hell. Well, the way I see it is that this particular picture on the urn is portraying that pivotal moment right before the first kiss. I think the great “heavenly” part to this picture is just the passion and youth behind it. The fact that they are frozen in such love depicts the timelessness that is shown throughout the poem. However, it also has a little bit of “Hell” in it where they can never kiss even though they are so close! So, in a way they are suffering. I gotta say that I honestly don’t know which one it is but I’m leaning toward Heaven because of how even though it seems as if they are suffering, it’s really only for the glory of the urn (God).
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