How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose,
Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave,
Or on the wealth of globed peonies; (15-17)
The looming mortality and impermanence of beauty is really getting the speaker down here. He suggests that we contemplate things that are lovely, but that won't last long, like a "morning rose," the rainbow that is formed in the ocean spray at the beach, or in a bunch of "globed peonies."
Quote #5
She dwells with Beauty—Beauty that must die; (21)
Again, it's the eventual death of beauty that is bumming the speaker out. The mistress described in the previous stanza is beautiful, but her beauty will eventually fade and die. It's interesting that the speaker emphasizes that it's her beauty that will die—he doesn't say, "she is beautiful, and she must die." Does that mean that he cares more about her beauty than he does about her as a person? Or can it mean that he thinks she is somehow immortal, although her beauty will fade away with time?