Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND DEBT ALIKE TROUBLESOME, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: This one request I make to him that sits the clouds above Last Line: He eats, he drinks, he takes his rest, he fears no man nor woman. | ||||||||
THIS one request I make to him that sits the clouds above; That I were freely out of debt, as I am out of love. Then for to dance, to drink, and sing, I should be very willing; I should not owe one lass a kiss, nor ne'er a knave a shilling. 'Tis only being in love and debt, that breaks us of our rest; And he that is quite out of both, of all the world is blessed. He sees the golden age, wherein all things were free and common; He eats, he drinks, he takes his rest, he fears no man nor woman. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING UPON MY LADY CARLISLE'S WALKING IN HAMPTON COURT GARDEN by JOHN SUCKLING A PEDLAR OF SMALL-WARES by JOHN SUCKLING A PROLOGUE OF THE AUTHOR'S TO A MASQUE AT WHITTON by JOHN SUCKLING |
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