Quote#Love
Why so pale and wan, fond lover
Quote byJohn Suckling · 1609–1642
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aglaura (1638; 1646), Act IV, sc. ii, l. 15; Song ("Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?"), sts. 1 and 3.
English (original)
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. If of herself she cannot love, Nothing can make her: The devil take her!
— John Suckling
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