John Suckling

"High characters (cries one); and he would see Things that neer were, nor are, nor neer will be."

"But, as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own; So in our very judgments."

"Love is the fart Of every heart; It pains a man when tis kept close, And others doth offend when tis let loose."

"Just so, i th nick! i th very nick of time!"

"Shes pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on."

"A health to the nut-brown lass, With the hazel eyes: let it pass. ... As much to the lively grey; Tis as good i th night as day."

"The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman: Mahu, Mahu is his name."

"I thought to undermine the heart By whispering in the ear."

"O! for some honest lovers ghost, Some kind unbodied post Sent from the shades below! I strangely long to know, Whether the nobler chaplets wear, Those that their mistress scorn did bear, Or those that were usd kindly."

"Her face is like the Milky Way i the sky, A meeting of gentle lights without a name."

"Sure Beautys empires, like to greater states, Have certain periods set, and hidden fates."

"Our sins, like to our shadows, When our day is in its glory, scarce appear: Towards our evening how great and monstrous They are!"