1. 1600
  2. Sir John Suckling
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.

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Poet: Sir John Suckling
“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
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Poet: Sir John Suckling
“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...

Poet: Sir John Suckling
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...

Poet: Sir John Suckling