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Sir John Suckling

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…

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"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"

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