Quote#Love
O! for some honest lover's ghost
Quote byJohn Suckling · 1609–1642
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Fragmenta Aurea (1646, 1648, 1658), Sonnets, III ("O! for some honest lover's ghost"), st. 1.
English (original)
O! for some honest lover's 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 us'd kindly.
— John Suckling
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The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman: Mahu, Mahu is his name.
But, as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own; So in our very judgments.
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.
Just so, i' th' nick! i' th' very nick of time!