Timeline

Lifetime: 1609 - 1642 Passed: ≈ 382 years ago

Title

Writer

Country/Nationality

Sir John Suckling

Books by Sir John Suckling

Constant Lover Cover image

Constant Lover

Poetry Romance Humour
Romantic 17th Century English literature Naughty Wit Cavalier Poetry Court of Charles I Love Poetry Charm Games Cribbage Decorous Cavalier Suckling

Sir John Suckling (1609-42) was one of the Cavalier poets at the court of King Charles I of England. He took up arms in the conflicts of that era but was said to be more fit for the boudoir than the battlefield. He was a prolific lover, a sparkling w...