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Слушать(AI)Why so Pale and Wan - Song from Aglaura
HY 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?
Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee, why so mute?
Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do 't? Prithee, why so mute?
Quit, quit for shame!
This will not move; This cannot take her.
If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her: The devil take her!
John Suckling
Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the acco
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