 | St. George Tucker - Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 - 1857 - 368 pages
...foppishness of their unhappy author. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, If from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly....foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace The sword, the horse, the shield. "Yet, this inconstancy is such As yon too shall adore ; I had not... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1857 - 532 pages
...sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse,...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear ! so ranch, Lov'd I not honor more. The rest of his life was a series of the most cruel misfortunes. He... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - Engraving - 1857 - 660 pages
...honour!" There is something akin to this sentiment in that glorious stanza of one of our old poets : "Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ; I could not IOTB thee, dear, so mnch, Loved I not honour more !" Agnes Sorel is described by the chroniclers of... | |
 | St. George Tucker - Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 - 1857 - 370 pages
...now I chase, The first foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace The sword, the horse, the shield. "Yet, this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ; I had not loved thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more !" " Yes," repeated the old patriot, as... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 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....too, shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, l.ov ,1 I not honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 384 pages
...of those glorious lines of Lovelace in reply to a reproach on account of absence caused by duty : " Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." Under the influence of imagination, selfishness became honour. Doubtless, the law of honour is only... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1858 - 536 pages
...sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear ! so much, Loy'd I not honor more. The rest of his... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 366 pages
...a reproach on account of absence caused by duty i u Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, snail adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." Under the influence of imagination, selfishness became honour. Doubtless, the law of honour is only... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...soldier's and the lover's duty: — " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That, from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly...."Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore : / could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." This soldier's services in the cause... | |
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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.... 
