The last remains of Sr John Suckling Being a Full collection Of all his Poems and Letters which have been so long expected, and never till now Published, with The Licence and Approbation of his Noble and Dearest friends |
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A Soldier.
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A Soldier.
I Am a man of war and might,
And know thus much, that I can fight,
Whether I am i'th' wrong or right,
devoutly.
And know thus much, that I can fight,
Whether I am i'th' wrong or right,
devoutly.
No woman under heaven I fear,
New Oaths I can exactly swear,
And forty Healths my brain will bear
most stoutly.
New Oaths I can exactly swear,
And forty Healths my brain will bear
most stoutly.
I cannot speak, but I can doe
As much as any of our crew;
And if you doubt it, some of you
may prove me.
As much as any of our crew;
And if you doubt it, some of you
may prove me.
I dare be bold thus much to say,
If that my bullets do but play,
You would be hurt so night and day,
Yet love me.
If that my bullets do but play,
You would be hurt so night and day,
Yet love me.
J. S.
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