 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
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 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...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. TO ALTHEA, FROM... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...Of thy chaste breast, and quiet minde To warre and arms I flie. True : a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field : And with a stronger faith...such, As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, deare, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. The Scrutiny. Why should you sweare I am forsworn? Since thine... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 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...is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love liiec, dear ! so much, Loved I not honour more. " The rest of his life was a series of the most cruel... | |
 | Henry John Whitfeld - Isles of Scilly (England) - 1852 - 252 pages
...faithful to death, and singing to his mistress, — " Yet this inconstancy is such As thou, too, shalt adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." and the sullen Puritan, half hypocrite and half fanatic — and then the dim procession disappears,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 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...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. TO SIR PETER LELY, Oîî DIS PICTURE OF CHARLES I. SEE ! what an humble bravery doth shine And grief... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 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...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. To Althea,from Priton. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - France - 1853 - 650 pages
...honour !" There is something akin to this sentiment in that glorious stanza of one of our old poets : " Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more !" Agnes Sorel is described by the chroniclers of the time as " la plus belle des belles" — the loveliest... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1854 - 444 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...too shall adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honor more.' " " Well done ! Well touched lute— well trolled ditty ! Brave song... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - England - 1854 - 608 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde, To warre and arms I II ic. Trne, anew mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith...this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; / could not love thee, deare, so mwik, Lov'd I not honour more.' In 1646 he formed a regimeut for... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...memory 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...horse, a shield : Yet this inconstancy is such, As thou, too, shall adore — I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. JUPITER.... | |
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