 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...  Reuben Apsley. By the author of Brambletye house - Page 182by Horace Smith - 1827Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...of martial spirit about the following that cannot be well surpassed. To LuCASTA. Going to the wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 pages
...tender, — as, for instance, in his doubly gallant little epigram — TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...glide Into the grave. HERRICK. HONOUR AND LOVE. TELL ma not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the memory Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms...I chase ; — The first foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1839 - 880 pages
...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...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 stronger faith embrace... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Love poetry - 1844 - 384 pages
...to his mistress, which has been so often quoted,— Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from I he nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war...now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall... | |
 | Llewelyn (fict.name.) - 1846 - 914 pages
...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...now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Ox the arrival of the party at Glyn Llewelyn,... | |
 | 1847 - 334 pages
...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...arms I fly. ' True, a new mistress now I chase, The flrst foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace i A sword, a horse, a shield. ' Yet this... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...and scatter day ! To Lvfaata, on going to Лс Wart. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from th« !@ {! a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy ¡я such, As you, too, shall... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...Like the sun's in early ray ; But shake your head, and scatter day I r To Luauta, on going to the Wan. 4 chatte breast and quiet mind, , To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...Like the sun's in early ray ; But shake your head, and scatter day I To Lufasta, on going to the Wan. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you, too, shall... | |
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