 Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield....  The Blue Poetry Book - Page 65edited by - 1896 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Godolphin Waldron, Sylvester Harding - Great Britain - 1795 - 298 pages
...quiet minde, To War and Armes Iflie. True ; a new Mistresse now I chase, The first Foe in the Fields And with a stronger Faith embrace A Sword, a Horse,...such, As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee (DeareJ so much, Lov'd J not Honour more. *** In page 86, line 7, instead of Fran: Lovclove, read,... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...from the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To war and arms I flie. True, a new rnistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with...such As you too shall adore : I could not love thee, deare, so much, Loved I not honoure more. LoVELACn. The Pimpernel. See'st thou yon pimpernel ? An hour... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...the sun in 's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the -war*. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I cbace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...eyes Can speak like spirits unconfin'd In heaven, their earthy bodies left behind. TO LUCASTA, ON HIS GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind,...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear! so much, TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 476 pages
...o'ercloud in night, Like the Sun in's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the wars. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chace, The first fbe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith...sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such A* you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SOKNET. WHEN... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817 - 284 pages
...unconfin'd In heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind. SONG. SET BV MR. JOHAT I^STJERE. ®o JCucagta, GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, ' POEMS. True ; a new mistress now I chasc, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONG. To Amarantha... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is sucb, As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONG.... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...Lovelace, who died in misery, after long confinement by Cromwell, in the Gatehouse at Westminster : — " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...field, And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a steed, a shield. " Yet this inconstancy is snch As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear,... | |
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