Quote#Beauty
If I a fancy take
Quote byJohn Suckling · 1609–1642
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fragmenta Aurea (1646, 1648, 1658), Sonnets, IV ("Of thee, kind boy, I ask no red and white"), st. 1.
English (original)
If I a fancy take To black and blue, That fancy doth it beauty make.
— John Suckling
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