Sir John Suckling

Gender: 
Male

  • The Bride

    From “a Ballad upon a Wedding”
    *        *        *        *        *THE MAID, and thereby hangs a tale,
    For such a maid no Whitsun-ale
        Could ever yet produce:
    No grape that ’s kindly ripe could be
    So round, so plump, so soft as she,
        Nor half...

  • “Why so pale and wan?”

    Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
      Pr’y thee, why so pale?
    Will, when looking well can’t move her,
      Looking ill prevail?
      Pr’y thee, why so pale?

    Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
      Pr’y thee, why so mute?
    Will, when speaking well can...

  • “I prithee send me back my heart”

    I Prithee send me back my heart,
      Since I cannot have thine;
    For if from yours you will not part,
      Why then shouldst thou have mine?

    Yet, now I think on ’t, let it lie;
      To find it were in vain;
    For thou ’st a thief in either eye
      ...

  • Constancy

    Out upon it. I have loved
      Three whole days together;
    And am like to love three more,
      If it prove fair weather.

    Time shall moult away his wings,
      Ere he shall discover
    In the whole wide world again
      Such a constant lover.

    ...

  • When, Dearest, I but Think of Thee

     

    When, dearest, I but think of thee,
    Methinks all things that lovely be
    Are present, and my soul delighted:
    For beauties that from worth arise
    Are like the grace of deities,
    Still present with us, tho’ unsighted.

    Thus while I sit and sigh the day
    With...

  • The Constant Lover

    Out upon it, I have loved
    Three whole days together!
    And am like to love three more,
    If it prove fair weather.

    Time shall moult away his wings
    Ere he shall discover
    In the whole wide world again
    Such a constant lover.

    But the spite on ‘t is, no...