Quit, quit, for shame, this will not move: This cannot take… - John Suckling

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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!

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

'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:

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! - John Suckling

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