Poems you ought to know . once your prime,You may forever tarry. WHY SO PALE AND WAN? BY SIR JOHN SUCKLING. Sir John Suckling was born in Whitton in 1609. He went to TrinityCollege, Cambridge, and afterwards entered the service of the King,Charles I. He fought in the army of Gustavus Adolphus in 1631-32;•while in 1639 he levied a troop of horse against the Covenanters. Howas a member of the long parliament in 1640. The next year he wascharged with high treason and fled to Paris, where he was supposed tohave committed suicide in 1642. Though he wrote several plays, he Ischiefly noted for his po
Poems you ought to know . once your prime,You may forever tarry. WHY SO PALE AND WAN? BY SIR JOHN SUCKLING. Sir John Suckling was born in Whitton in 1609. He went to TrinityCollege, Cambridge, and afterwards entered the service of the King,Charles I. He fought in the army of Gustavus Adolphus in 1631-32;•while in 1639 he levied a troop of horse against the Covenanters. Howas a member of the long parliament in 1640. The next year he wascharged with high treason and fled to Paris, where he was supposed tohave committed suicide in 1642. Though he wrote several plays, he Ischiefly noted for his poems. iWhy so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale?[Will, when looking well cant move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? iWhy so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee, why so mute?iWill, when speaking well cant win her. Saying nothing dot? Prithee, why so mute? Quit, quit, for shame; this will not move; This cannot take of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her; Thie devil take her I. 139
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