'Tis now since I sat down before That foolish fort, a heart… - John Suckling

'Tis now since I sat down before
That foolish fort, a heart,
(Time strangely spent) a year, and more,
And still I did my part:

John Suckling

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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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Oh for some honest lover's ghost,
Some kind unbodied post
Sent from the shades below!
I strangely long to know
Whether the nobler chaplets wear
Those that their mistress' scorn did bear,
Or those that were used kindly.

Her lips were red, and one was thin
Compared to that was next her chin, (Some bee had stung it newly).

If I a fancy take
To black and blue,
That fancy doth it beauty make.

'Tis now since I sat down before That foolish fort, a heart, (Time strangely spent) a year, and more, And still I did my part: - John Suckling

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