Sir John Suckling
Sir John Suckling (1609–1642) was an English Cavalier poet known for "Why so pale and wan, fond lover?" and "A Ballad upon a Wedding." He was a courtier, gambler, and so…
"Oh, for some honest lover's ghost, Some kind unbodied post Sent from the shades below! I strangely long to know Whether the noble chaplets wear Those"
"I tell thee, Dick, where I have been, Where I the rarest things have seen, O, things without compare! Such sights again cannot be found In any place o"
"Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together; And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather."
"I tell thee, Dick, where I have been; Where I the rarest things have seen; Oh, things without compare! Such sights again can no"