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FURTHER READING
Poems by Sir John Suckling
Against Fruition
Ballad of a Wedding
Loving and Beloved
Untitled [Tis now since I sate down before]
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Encouragements to a Lover

 
by Sir John Suckling

Why so pale and wan, fond lover?   
    Prythee, why so pale?   
Will, if looking well can't move her,   
    Looking ill prevail?   
    Prythee, why so pale?
   
Why so dull and mute, young sinner?   
    Prythee, why so mute?   
Will, when speaking well can't win her,   
    Saying nothing do't?   
    Prythee, why so mute?
   
Quit, quit, for shame! this will not move,   
    This cannot take her;   
If of herself she will not love,   
    Nothing can make her:   
    The Devil take her!



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