 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 312 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
...— 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
...— 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 - 558 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 - 559 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 - 192 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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 399 pages
...the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast, and quiet minde To warre 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, Lov'd I not honour more. The Scrutiny. Why should you sweare I am forsworn? Since thine... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 558 pages
...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...is such As you, too, shall adore : I could not love thco, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. ON LELY'S PORTRAIT OF CHARLES THE FIRST. See what an humble... | |
 | Henry John Whitfeld - Isles of Scilly (England) - 1852 - 224 pages
...faithful to death, and singing to his mistress, — " Yet this inconstancy is such As thou, too, shalt adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." and the sullen Puritan, half hypocrite and half fanatic — and then the dim procession disappears,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 749 pages
...variety. TO LUCASTA.-GOIÍÍG TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I аш 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. TO SIR PETER LELY, Oîî DIS PICTURE OF CHARLES I. SEE ! what an humble bravery doth shine And grief... | |
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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.... 
