 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
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1860 - 578 pages
...the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To warre and armes I flie. True, a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith imbrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore ; I could... | |
 | English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...yet elegant and tender, — as, for instance, in his doubly gallant little epigram — TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field j And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you,... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To warre and armes I flee. 161 True, a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith imbraee A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - Authors, English - 1861 - 396 pages
...HIS GOING TO THE WARS. " 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 miftrefs now I chace, The full foe in the field 5 And, with a ftronger faith, embrace A fword, a horfe,... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...may for ever tarry. LXXXIII TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS * I "'ELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind JL That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet...and arms I fly. / True, a new mistress now I chase, I The first foe in the field ; \ And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet... | |
 | Richard Lovelace, William Carew Hazlitt - 1864 - 356 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To warre and armes I flic. n. True : a new Mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith imbrace A sword, a horse, a shield. m. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore ; I could... | |
 | American poetry - 1866 - 522 pages
...This cannot take her ; If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her : — The devil take her. TO LUCASTA, ON HIS GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not,...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Vet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, Dear ! so much, Lov'd... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1866 - 446 pages
...by the gallants there, and I confess a favor for it because it has a stirring relish. It runs thus : 'Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. ' Tet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...the nunnerie of thy chaste breast and quiet minde to warre and armes I flee. True, a new mistresse now I chase, the first foe in the field ; and with a stronger faith imbrace a sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such as you too shall adore; I could not... | |
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