Sir John Suckling Poems

Dost see how unregarded now
That piece of beauty passes?
There was a time when I did vow
To that alone;
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I will not love one minute more, I swear!
No, not a minute! Not a sigh or tear
Thou gett'st from me, or one kind look again,
Though thou shouldst court me to 't, and wouldst begin.
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Out upon it, I have lov'd
Three whole days together;
And am like to love three more,
If it prove fair weather.
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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?
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Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
Prithee, why so pale?--
Will, when looking well can't move her,
Looking ail prevail?
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Why so pale and wan fond lover?
Prithee why so pale?
Will, when looking well can't move her,
Looking ill prevail?
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Out upon it, I have lov'd
Three whole days together;
And am like to love three more,
If it prove fair weather.
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When, dearest I but think of thee,
Methinks all things that lovely be
Are present, and my soul delighted:
For beauties that from worth arise
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If you refuse me once, and think again,
I will complain.
You are deceiv'd, love is no work of art,
It must be got and born,
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I prithee spare me gentle boy,
Press me no more for that slight toy,
That foolish trifle of an heart;
I swear it will not do its part,
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