 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....  Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People - Page 15by Mary Russell Mitford - 1853Full view - About this book
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith...sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such A* you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SOKNET. WHEN... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...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 ; 1O I could not love thee, deare, so much, Lov'd I not honour n;ore. TOL. lit. * XII. XII. VALENTINE... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817 - 284 pages
...from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, ' POEMS. True ; a new mistress now I chasc, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. A PARADOX. 'Tis true the beauteous star To which I first did bow Burnt... | |
 | Books - 1821 - 408 pages
...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...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
...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...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
...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...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 - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...breast, anil quiet minde To warre and armes I flic. True, a new mistresse now I chose, The first Toe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet thii inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore , I could uot love thee,'deare, so much, Lov'd 1... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...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 steed, a shield. " Yet this inconstancy is snch As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear,... | |
 | John Galt - Scotland - 1824 - 468 pages
...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...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain, was, without question, the forte of... | |
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