Hi Researchers,

Andrew Marvell wrote a poem called 'To His Coy Mistress', cited here
on bartleby.com:

http://www.bartleby.com/101/357.html

I vaguely remember about a hundred years later, another poet took the
idea and wrote a response from the coy mistress to the orator of the
original, to the effect that she didn't think sleeping with him would
be such a good idea.  Please cite the poet and poem title, and a link
where I can view it.

Thanks

I believe the poem you're looking for is Annie Finch's "A Reply from
His Coy Mistress":

A Reply From His Coy Mistress

Sir, I am not a bird of prey:
A Lady does not seize the day.
I trust that brief Time will unfold
our youth, before he makes us old.
How could we write two lines of rhyme
were we not fond of numbered Time
and grateful to the vast and sweet
trials his days will make us meet?
The Grave's not just the body's curse;
no skeleton can make a verse!
So while this numbered World we see,
let's sweeten Time with poetry,
and Time, in turn, may sweeten Love
and give us time our love to prove.
You've praised my eyes, forehead, breast;
you've all our lives to praise the rest.

Innerspace Unlimited
http://innerspace-unltd.net/poetry/finch.html

You might also be interested in this amusing parody by Peter DeVries,
written from the standpoint of a modern man:

Hofstra University: Paul Carson
http://people.hofstra.edu/staff/paul_carson/eng02_sect6/poems/answers/devries.htm

My search was made simpler by the fact that I love parodies, and was
aware of both the Finch and the DeVries versions.

Search terms used:

"to his importunate mistress" + "devries"
"reply from his coy mistress" + "finch"

If I have misidentified the poem that you seek, if anything is
unclear, or if a link does not function, please request clarification.
I'll be glad to offer further assistance before you rate my answer.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

Great - and thanks for the amusing extra info:-)