 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 - Seite 1201821Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1884 - 564 Seiten
...he had taken when duty bade him turn from Edith ; which recalls the lines of Lovelace to Lucasta : " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe of the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 Seiten
...dear, I'm unkind, When from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To wars and arms I flee. " True, a new mistress now I chase — The first foe...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. " Tet this mconstancy is such As you, too, should adore; I should not love thee, dear, so mucb, Loved... | |
 | Donald Nivison Ferguson - 1969 - 317 Seiten
...much, Loved I not Honour more!" but there's mighty little musical imagery in it.* * "To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars": Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery 7. Couldn't you sing about the nunnery of Lucasta's "chaste breast and quiet mind"? F. Yes, but that... | |
 | R.L. Weber - 1982 - 236 Seiten
...precaution of including in his marriage proposal the immortal lines of Richard Lovelace (1618—1658): Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To pump and 'scope I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, My own on-line computer; And with a stronger... | |
 | Michael Cordner - 1982 - 372 Seiten
...the Wanes' (Poems, ed. CH Wilkinson (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930), p. 18): 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... | |
 | Mervyn Evans James - 1986 - 496 Seiten
...in the thick of battle with the Puritan foe, as in Lovelace's well-known poem: "... a new Mistresse now I chase/ The first Foe in the Field/ And with a stronger Faith imbrace/ A Sword, a Horse, a Shield". The attitude contrasts with the Puritan military stress on disciplined... | |
 | Arthur McGee - 1987 - 230 Seiten
...nunneries were no longer the subjects for scurrilous jokes. Richard Lovelace in 1646 wrote to his Lucasta: Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. And Milton in his // Penseroso: Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure. Thus... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...13-18) CaPo; GTBS; GTBS-P; LiTB; MeLP; MOS; OBEV; OBS; SeCP; SeCV-1 To Lucasta, Going to the Wars 8 Time h@ . (1. 1—4) 9 Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much,... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 Seiten
...the military conflict is accommodated and, in some ways, set aside by Lovelace: 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. Carew at the end of 'To my friend GN from Wrest', as we have seen,... | |
 | Nancy Robinson Flannery - 2005 - 194 Seiten
...looking rather shaggy. We have managed to keep the dogs alive so far. From Lovelace/ little transposed: Tell me not; sweet/ I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To Antarctica I fly. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore/ [22] / could not love thee/... | |
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