 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
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LCCASTA (ON GOING TO THE WARS). Tell me not, sweet, I am nukind, ly resigned: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, thongh in rags, will keep mo - now mistress now I chase, The. first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde, To warre and armes I flee. 125 True, a new mistresse imbrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, should adore ; I could... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1882 - 362 pages
...: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry. R. fierrick LXXXIII TO LUC AST A. ON GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind...chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. Trus, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LUCASTA (ON GOING TO THE WARS). Tell inc / uow I chase, The first foe in the flcld ; Aud with a stronger fnith embrace A sword, a horse, a, shield.... | |
 | Bithia Mary Croker - 1882 - 278 pages
...the general's with glorious news — we start for the front this day week." CHAPTEE II. AFGHANISTAN. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. THE Seventeenth Hussars were duly forwarded to the frontier, and found that their final destination... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...love, And in my soul am free, Angela alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LUOASTA, ON GOINQ TO THE WARS. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That...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.... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 pages
...have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To wars and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field, And with a stronger... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To wars and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field, And with a stronger... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...extreme poverty, and died in an alley in Shoe Lane. This is his : — TO LUCASTA. OOISO TO THE WAKS. Toll me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste hreast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. Truc, a now mistress now I chase, The first foe in the... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1887 - 300 pages
...cheese, Angels in Pond and Spiers's shop Know no such luxuries ! Punch. April 3, 1875. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...— The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger love embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore : I... | |
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