 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 1201821Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 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 Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace, A... | |
 | Edward Trevor Anwyl - 1829 - 1138 pages
...That from the nunnery Ol.thy chiisio breast, anil quiet uiiml, To war and arms 1 fly. •' True : & new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; • And with a stronger faith embrace A swunl , a horse, a shield. " Yet this inconstancy is such. As yon, too, shaJI adore ; I could net love... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Crime - 1833 - 246 pages
...most sweetly. You too, had you heard him, would have listened a second tune;— THE BUCCANEER. 41 i '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. ' Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore— I could not... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 388 pages
...Suckling less, or less deservedly known. Let one from Lovelace for the 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 mistress now I chase, The first foe in the... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...modern verse. Another specimen, and let it be from Lovelace— like Carew, a courtier and cavalier — Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That, from the nunnery...I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first fu* in the field ; And with a stronger f.iith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1839 - 880 pages
...gallants there, and I confess a favour for it because it hath a stirring relish. It runs thus : ' Tell rue not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of...chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. 1 True, a new mistress, now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...the nunnerie Of thy chaste hreast and quiet minde To v arre and armes I flie. True, a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith imhrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such. As you too shall adore ; I could... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste heart and quiet mind, To war and arms I flie. Another mistress hence I chace, The first foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. LOVELACE. TO AN EDITOR. So rude and senseless are thy lays, The weary audience vows, Tis not the Arcadian... | |
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