511. Why So Pale and Wan? by Sir John Suckling
b"J Suckling read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nWhy so Pale and Wan?\\nby Sir John Suckling (1609 \\u2013 1642)\\n\\nWhy so pale and wan, fond lover?\\n Prithee, why so pale?\\nWill, when looking well can't move her,\\n Looking ill prevail?\\n Prithee, why so pale?\\n \\nWhy so dull and mute, young sinner?\\n Prithee, why so mute?\\nWill, when speaking well can't win her,\\n Saying nothing do 't?\\n Prithee, why so mute?\\n \\nQuit, quit for shame! This will not move;\\n This cannot take her.\\nIf of herself she will not love,\\n Nothing can make her:\\n The devil take her!\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 22 May 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"