Love

Out upon it, I have loved

by Sir John Suckling 1609–1641

From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)

Love

Out upon it, I have loved
Three whole days together;
And am like to love three more,
If it prove fine weather.

Time shall moult away his wings,
Ere he shall discover
In the whole wide world again
Such a constant lover.

But the spite on't is, no praise
Is due at all to me;
Love with me had made no stays
Had it any been but she.

Had it any been but she,
And that very face,
There had been at least, ere this,
A dozen in her place!

MLA

Suckling, John. “Out upon it, I have loved.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/40/.

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Suckling, John. “Out upon it, I have loved.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/suckling/40/.

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