 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and anus 1 By. ords now (Better the red-eyed god of war ne'er wore)...the temples of those gods that hate us ; These hands thec, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. To Altltca,/rom Priion. When love with unconfined wings... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 pages
...from the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To war and arms I flie. True, a new mistresse 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. LOVELACE. The Pimpernel. See'st thou yon pimpernel ? An hour... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...RICHARD LOVELACE, born 1618, died 16S8. TELL me not sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly....love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. THE RESOLVE. ALEXANDER BROME, born 1620, died 1666. TELL me not of a face that's fair, Nor lip and... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...— TO LUCASTA, ON 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....too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...— TO LUCASTA, ON 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....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. TO ALTHEA, FROM... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...liberty. TO LUCASTA, ON 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 choose, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield, Yet... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - English poetry - 1851 - 588 pages
...from the nunnerie Of thy chante breast and qniet mimic To warre and armes l Hie. True, a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith imbrace A »word, a hnrse, a shield. Yet thi« inconstancy in such, AH yon too shall adore; 1 could... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...which has been so often quoted : — Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That, from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly....is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love liiec, dear ! so much, Loved I not honour more. " The rest of his life was a series of the most cruel... | |
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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.... 
