 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...  Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. &c. To which is Added, Aramantha ... - Seite 2von Richard Lovelace - 1817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | 1833 - 388 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 436 Seiten
...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 Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first fu* in the field ; And with a stronger... | |
 | 1837 - 574 Seiten
...There is a gallantry of martial spirit about the following that cannot be well surpassed. To LuCASTA. Going to the wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 350 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 Seiten
...joining the army, he wrote that beautiful song to his mistress, which has been so often quoted, — 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... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1839 - 880 Seiten
...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 thy 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... | |
 | Llewelyn (fict.name.) - 1846 - 914 Seiten
...r London: Printed by STRWABT and Muuuir, Old Bailey. LLEWELYVS HEIK. CHAPTER I. Tell me not, love, 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... | |
 | 1847 - 334 Seiten
...joining the army, he wrote that beautiful song to his mistress, which has been so often quoted, — ' 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 flrst foe in the field ; And with a... | |
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