"Why so pale and wan, fond lover Prithee, why so pale? 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!"
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Act IV, sc. ii, l. 15; Song ("Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?"), sts. 1 and 3
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John Suckling
Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 β after May 1641) was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit β the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage.
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