279. Dost see how unregarded now by Sir John Suckling
b"Sir J Suckling read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nDost see how unregarded now\\nby Sir John Suckling (1609 \\u2013 1642)\\n\\nread to mark the death of Sir John Suckling on 3rd July 1642\\n\\nDost see how unregarded now\\n That piece of beauty passes?\\nThere was a time when I did vow\\n To that alone;\\n But mark the fate of faces;\\nThe red and white works now no more on me\\nThan if it could not charm, or I not see.\\n\\n\\nAnd yet the face continues good,\\n And I have still desires,\\nAm still the selfsame flesh and blood,\\n As apt to melt\\n And suffer from those fires;\\nOh some kind pow'r unriddle where it lies,\\nWhether my heart be faulty, or her eyes?\\n\\n\\nShe ev'ry day her man does kill,\\n And I as often die;\\nNeither her power then, nor my will\\n Can question'd be.\\n What is the mystery?\\nSure beauty's empires, like to greater states,\\nHave certain periods set, and hidden fates.\\n\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"