"Thus, though we cannot make our sun/ Stand still, yet we will make him run."
Time was an important theme in the poem, and the speaker begins by saying that they do not have enough time together. He speaks of what they would do together had they the time, and three of the instances have to do with water. The speaker mentions the Indian Ganges, the Humber, and the Flood. I did not see the connection between them as the Ganges is in India, the Humber in East England, and the Flood an allusion to the biblical event. Another interesting image was the "vegetable love." Love ripens and grows like a vegetable, so that is an apt description. The sun is metonymy for a universe which they cannot make still. Again he mentions that they do not have enough time, but then he urges her to make the most of what time they do have. Time's chariots, eternity, and time's power all are forces that can tear them apart. The poem was more about time than love, however. The poet is saying that we should make the most of our short time.
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