 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 Pleasures of Life Complete - Page 187by Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Galt - 1824 - 464 pages
...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 arms...too. shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." x% N\rt allhough song-writing, particularly of the MWiui was, without... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...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 arms...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." r " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain,... | |
 | 1830 - 626 pages
...admiration of beauty and the love of virtue : " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms...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... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 470 pages
...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...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain, was,... | |
 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...more kind. TO LUCASTA. BY COLONEL LOVELACE. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind ; That, from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. " ON BEDS OF ROSES." ' BY RICHARD RYAN. On beds of roses let me lie,... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - 1827 - 272 pages
...chiefly upon religious subjects. TO LUCASTA. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with thy five tenements, Tell thy white... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...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...too shall adore; . I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with tliy five tenements, Tell thy... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 1150 pages
...plot, hem !" K 2 tl REUBEN APSLEY CHAPTER VIL Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms...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
...than a Popish plot, hem !" K 2 CHAPTER VII. 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 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... | |
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