The speaker of the “Nymph’s Reply” attitude towards love is that love is only temporary because nothing in the world is everlasting and eventually everything will parish and wither away. In “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love,” a shepherd tells the speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply” that he loves her, and offers her many marvelous offerings, such as “a gown made of the finest wool.” He promises her a fine life. The speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply” rejects the shepherd and believes that his offerings are all temporary and not everlasting. For example, in the line, “Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,” she expresses that everything he is promising her will eventually wither away, such as spring, as it will turn into winter. If his promises
