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Suckling, Sir John (1609 - 1641)

Index to poems

  1. A Ballad Upon A Wedding
  2. Song: I prithee spare me gentle boy
  3. Song: If you refuse me once, and think again
  4. Song: Out upon it, I have lov'd
  5. Song: Why so pale and wan fond lover?
  6. Sonnet 1: Dost see how unregarded now
  7. A Supplement of an Imperfect Copy of Verses of Mr. William Shakespear's, by the Author
Biography: 
  • Clayton, Tom. "Suckling, Sir John (bap. 1609, d. 1641?)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2008.
Given Name: 
Sir John
Family Name: 
Suckling
Birth Date: 
February1609
Death Date: 
1641
Nationality: 
English
Family Relations: 
grandfather : Robert Suckling
father : John Suckling
mother : Martha Suckling
sister : Martha Southcott Clagett
sister : Anne Davis
sister : Mary Suckling
sister : Elizabeth Suckling

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English

Occupations

Literary Period: 
Caroline
Literary Movement: 
Cavalier poets
Cause of Death: 
Suicide
Buried At: 
Protestant church at Paris
First RPO Edition: 
1994-2000