Our sins, like to our shadows, When our day is in its glory… - John Suckling

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

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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They who know all the wealth they have are poor;
He's only rich that cannot tell his store.

She's pretty to walk with,
And witty to talk with,
And pleasant, too, to think on.

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! - John Suckling

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