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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.... "
The Retrospective Review - Page 120
1821
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Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1

George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...and fcatter day! SONG. TELL me not, fweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chafte breaft and quiet mind To war and arms I fly; True, a new miftreft now I chaee, The firft foe in the field; And, with a ftronger faith embrace A fword, a horfe,...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 53

British periodicals - 1822 - 688 pages
...nunuerie Of thy chaste breast, and qniet minde, To warre aud armes I flie. Tme,a new mistresse now I chose The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A »word, a horw, a shield. l«t this inconstancy is snch A« you, too, shall adore ; AS every information...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...the sun in 's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the -war*. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I cbace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...the Sun in 's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the wari. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind True, a new mistress now I chaee, The first foe in the Held ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...the Sun in 's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the wars, Q TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet niind True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger fuith embrace...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ...

George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 476 pages
...o'ercloud in night, Like the Sun in's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the wars. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chace, The first fbe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ...

George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...Sun in's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the wars. TEI/L me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword,...
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Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. &c. To which is Added, Aramantha ...

Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817 - 284 pages
...unconfin'd In heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind. SONG. SET BV MR. JOHAT I^STJERE. ®o JCucagta, GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...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...
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum, Volume 11

English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...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,...
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The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ...

John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 470 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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