John Suckling Quotes

English poet

Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage.

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For streaks of red were mingled there,
Such as are on a Catherine pear (The side that's next the sun)

I thought to undermine the heart
By whispering in the ear.

No grape, that’s kindly ripe, could be
So round, so plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice.

Our sins, like to our shadows,
When our day is in its glory, scarce appear:
Towards our evening how great and monstrous
They are!