 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...  Lyrics of love, from Shakespeare to Tennyson, selected and arranged, with ... - Seite 90von Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 252 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1866 - 392 Seiten
...fictions :—but her story. foudcue. [BORN 1618. DIED 1658.] " TELL ME NOT, SWEET." ELL me n ot » sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery () Of thy...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. <3 SK O ,y eg? j *5 [BoRN 1618. DIED 1667.] A SUPPLICATION. WAKE, awake,... | |
 | 1866 - 396 Seiten
...1658.] " TELL ME NOT, SWEET." • ELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, « v/ " That from the nunnery )f thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. ^6944 2Vbral)am [BORN 1618. DIED 1667.] A SUPPLICATION. i-. WAKE, awake,... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1866 - 446 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1866 - 522 Seiten
...will not love, Nothing can make her : — The devil take her. TO LUCASTA, ON HIS GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Mary Boykin Chesnut, Comer Vann Woodward, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld - 1984 - 324 Seiten
...war & arms I ttv. True a new mistress now I choose. The first foe in the field; And with a sttonger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; 1 could oot love ihee. dear, so mach Loved I not hooour more.8 I wonder who in the eves of the proud... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 Seiten
...literally lyric nature. Lovelace's own poem depends for the effect of its ending on a stressed paradox: Yet this Inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee (Deare) so much, Lov'd I not Honour more. Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs &c. To Which is Added... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Evan Smith - 1987 - 44 Seiten
...the Wars" by Richard Lovelace. ROB. Like in Linda? VINCENT. I suppose so, yeah. It goes like this: Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery...too, shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. This poem always gets on my nerves... (Rob starts to write this down.)... | |
 | 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... | |
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