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REPLY1849

INEDITED SONG BY SIR JOHN SUCKLING

By A.D.

I do not remember to have seen the following verses in print or even in MS. before I accidentally met with them in a small quarto MS. Collection of English Poetry, in the hand-writing of the time of Charles I. They are much in Suckling's manner; and in the MS. are described as-- *Sir John Suckling's Verses.* I am confirm'd a woman can Love this, or that, or any other man: This day she's melting hot, To-morrow swears she knows you not; If she but a new object find, Then straight she's of another mind; Then hang me, Ladies, at your door, If e'er I doat upon you more. Yet still I'll love the fair…

Topics: English Poetry, Literature