 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. Yet this inconstancy...  Poet's Walk: An Introduction to English Poetry - Page 30by Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 408 pages
...occurs, in the book, worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would dishevel... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...occurs, in the book, worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would dishevel... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONG. To Amarantha... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is sucb, As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONG.... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 1830 - 626 pages
...in hU Lucasta, illustrative of the union between the admiration of beauty and the love of virtue : " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too shall adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honor more." The effects of beauty in the age of chivalry is well known. \\ oman... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...'gainst winter, rain, and poize Their floods with an o'erflowing glass. TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS. Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms...you too shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. RICHARD CRASHAW. DIED ABOUT 1650. CRASHAW, a Catholic priest, is chiefly... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 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.... | |
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