 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 67edited by - 1891 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Galt - 1824 - 464 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...too. shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." x% N\rt allhough song-writing, particularly of the MWiui was, without... | |
 | John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 470 pages
...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...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain, was,... | |
 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...hearken to a sinner's prayer, And be less beauteous, or more kind. TO LUCASTA. BY COLONEL LOVELACE. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind ; That, from the nunnery...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. " ON BEDS OF ROSES." ' BY RICHARD RYAN. On beds of roses let me lie,... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...Expressions delicate and luxurious. Works numerous, and chiefly upon religious subjects. TO LUCASTA. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with thy five tenements, Tell thy white... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...LUCASTA. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in...too shall adore; . I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with tliy five tenements, Tell thy... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 1150 pages
...after all, Reuben, this is much better than a Popish plot, hem !" K 2 tl REUBEN APSLEY CHAPTER VIL Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with n stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield — Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 356 pages
...the country ? But after all, Reuben, this is much better than a Popish plot, hem !" K 2 CHAPTER VII. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...arms I fly. — True, a new mistress now I chase, The fii-st foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. — Yet this... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...spirits unconfined In heaven, their earthly bodies left behind. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. TET.I. me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As yon, too. shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. SAMUEL LOVER.... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Pirates - 1833 - 420 pages
...sings his ballads most sweetly. You toov had you heard him, would have listened a second tune : — '* True, a new mistress now I chase The first foe in...too, shall adore— I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more!" But I forget, the theme is a forhidden one ; and I see, Constance,... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 388 pages
...present suffice. TO LUCASTA. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste heart and quiet mind. To war and arms I fly. True, a new...faith embrace. A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this in constancy is such, As you too shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour... | |
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