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Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641 [a]) was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage. [1] He is best known for his poem "Ballade upon a Wedding".
Yet among the early poems (seldom reprinted and little known) are such epigrams as “Upon Christ his birth,” “Upon Stephen stoned,” “Upon the Epiphanie Or Starr that appear’d to the wisemen,” and others.
Suckling's poetry is known for its conversational tone, graceful lyricism, and often cynical perspective on love and courtship. His most famous poem, "Ballad Upon a Wedding," is a playful and satirical account of a country wedding.
15 sie 2008 · The poems of Sir John Suckling : with preface and notes : Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642; Stokes, Frederick Abbott, 1857-1939. Publication date. 1889. Publisher. New York : Stokes. Collection. cdl; americana. Contributor. University of California Libraries
7 sie 2021 · INTRODUCTION. The Fragmenta Aurea of Sir John Suckling were published in 1646, four years after their author's death, 'by a friend to perpetuate his memory.'. A second edition followed in 1648, and in 1658 a third edition contained an additional collection of poems and letters and the unfinished tragedy of The Sad One.
Contains some poems by Suckling, selected by Bloom and with commentary by Bloom. Clayton, Thomas. “’At Bottom a Criticism of Life’: Suckling and the Poetry of Low Seriousness.”
An exemplum of The Poems, Plays and other Remains of Sir John Suckling, ed. W.C. Hazlitt, 2 vols (London, 1892), heavily annotated by George Thorn-Drury, KC (1860-1931), is in the Bodleian (Thorn-Drury e. 6, and also his index in MS Eng. misc. e. 349, f. 38v).
