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" 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.... "
Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 220
edited by - 1910 - 756 pages
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The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier].

Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...spirits unconfin'd In heaven, their earthy bodies left behind. TO LUCASTA, ON HIS GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear! so much, TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine...
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Selection of Poems ...

Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...the highest prizes. Ibid. LINES By Sir Richard Lovelace to Ait Mistress, on his going to the Wars. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. EPIGRAM. ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. OF old the Debtor, that insolvent...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

Books - 1821 - 408 pages
...worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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...
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Kentish poets, a series of writers, natives of or residents in ..., Volume 2

Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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...
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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....
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum, Volume 11

English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...Lovelace, who died in misery, after long confinement by Cromwell, in the Gatehouse at Westminster : — " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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,...
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The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ...

John Galt - 1824 - 464 pages
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." x% N\rt allhough song-writing, particularly of the MWiui was, without question, the forte of Lovelace,...
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The bachelor's wife, a selection of curious and interesting extracts

John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." r " But although song-writing, particularly of the amatory strain, was, without question, the forte...
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The Ladies' pocket magazine

1830 - 626 pages
...in hU Lucasta, illustrative of the union between the admiration of beauty and the love of virtue : " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...too shall adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honor more." The effects of beauty in the age of chivalry is well known. \\ oman...
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