John Suckling on Valentine's Day
1609–1642 England
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5 quotes
Sure Beauty's empires, like to greater states,
Have certain periods set, and hidden fates.
Fragmenta Aurea (1646)
If I a fancy take
To black and blue,
That fancy doth it beauty make.
Fragmenta Aurea (1646)
Love is the fart
Of every heart;
It pains a man when 'tis kept close,
And others doth offend when 'tis let loose.
Fragmenta Aurea (1646)
But love is such a mystery,
I cannot find it out;
For when I think I'm best resolv'd,
I then am most in doubt.
Last Remains (1659)
Why so pale and wan, fond lover
Prithee, why so pale?
Will, when looking well can't move her,
Looking ill prevail?
Prithee, why so pale? ...
Quit, quit, for shame, this will not move:
This cannot take her.
If of herself she cannot love,
Nothing can make her:
The devil take her!
Aglaura (1638)