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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LUTE SONG, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography
First Line: Hast thou seen the down in the air
Last Line: Oh so fickle, oh so vain, oh so false, so false is she!
Variant Title(s): A Song To A Lute
Subject(s): Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Love; Lutes; Poetry & Poets; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: Hast thou seen the down in the air
Last Line: Oh so fickle, oh so vain, oh so false, so false is she!
Variant Title(s): A Song To A Lute
Subject(s): Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Love; Lutes; Poetry & Poets; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
Hast thou seen the down i' th' air,
When wanton blasts have tossed it?
Or the ship on the sea,
When ruder winds have crossed it?
Hast thou marked the crocodile's weeping,
Or the fox's sleeping?
Or hast viewed the peacock in his pride,
Or the dove by his bride,
When he courts for his lechery?
Oh so fickle, oh so vain, oh so false, so false is she!
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