Love
Song.
Love
WHy so pale and wan fond Lover?
prethee why so pale?
Will, when looking wel can't move her
looking ill prevail?
prethee why so pale?
Why so dull and mute young sinner?
prethee why so mute?
Will▪ when speaking well can't win her,
saying nothing doe't?
prethee why so mute?
Quit, quit for shame, this will not move,
this cannot take her;
If of her self she will not love,
nothing can make her:
the divel take her.
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MLA
Suckling, John. “Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/4/.
Chicago
Suckling, John. “Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/4/.
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