 | Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817
...from 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...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. A PARADOX. 'Tis true the beauteous star To which I first did bow Burnt... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821
...worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would dishevel... | |
 | Books - 1821
...worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would dishevel... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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
...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,... | |
 | John Galt - 1824
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." r " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain, was, without question, the forte... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 444 pages
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." x% N\rt allhough song-writing, particularly of the MWiui was, without question, the forte of Lovelace,... | |
 | 1830
...in hU Lucasta, illustrative of the union between the admiration of beauty and the love of virtue : " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too shall adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honor more." The effects of beauty in the age of chivalry is well known. \\ oman... | |
 | John Galt - Electronic book - 1824 - 444 pages
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arras I fly. True ; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And, with a stronger faith,... | |
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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.... 
