us, through windowes, and through curtaines call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?' (Leonard 1998:463). The sun has awoken the speaker and his mistress whilst they are in bed as lovers. The speaker questions the sun as to why they must follow time. He believes as lovers, time should stand still and they should be left alone to love and adore each other.
             The lover is annoyed at the sun's interference, 'Sawcy pedantique wretch' (Leonard 1998:463) and demands it to scold 'Late schoole boys, and sowre prentices, goe tell Court-huntsmen, that the King will ride, Call countrey ants to harvest office' (Leonard 1998:463). 'Translating into modern terms, city apprentices, courtiers, and the countrey ants stand for industry, government and primary production – in short, for human society. These representatives are slaves of time as measured out by the sun' (Martin 1990:31-32). The speaker is telling the sun to wake these people who should be up scurrying around at the break of day and by doing this leave him alone.
             The lover then explains that when in love time stands still. Whether it is 'houres, dayes, moneths, which are the rags of time' (Leonard 1998:463). The use of the word 'rags' (Leonard 1998:463) indicates that time is considered of little value to the
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