 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
 | Howard Staunton - Education - 1865 - 622 pages
...translating the Scriptures into the Manx language ; JOSEPH RICHARD STEELE;* JOHN WESLEY,3 the founder " 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 is such, As you too shall... | |
 | American poetry - 1866 - 522 pages
...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...now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Vet this inconstancy is such As you too shall... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...accomplished" LOVELACE wrote this beautiful song to his mistress, on joining the army of the King : — 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 392 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Ballads, English - 1866 - 240 pages
...am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. TO LUC AST A. GOING TO THE WARS. [1646.] TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chafle breaft and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new miflress no-M I chase, The firft foe... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...generous heart, Than all the crooked subtleties of art. BUCKINGHAM. 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 f A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 432 pages
...Suckling. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of your chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly....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... | |
 | J. H. - English poetry - 1867 - 860 pages
...love is innocent. Byron. 77 HONOUR AND LOVE. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the memory Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now l chase ; — The first foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield.... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 pages
...believe I have her heart, As much as she has mine. Sir John Suckling. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of your chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first... | |
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