 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...return to thee, Ev'n sated with variety. TO LUCASTA.-GOIÍÍG TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I аш unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast,...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. TO SIR PETER LELY, Oîî DIS PICTURE OF CHARLES I. SEE ! what an humble... | |
 | 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 ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more !" Agnes Sorel is described by the chroniclers of the time as " la plus... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1854 - 444 pages
...gallants there, and I confess a favor for it because it has a stirring relish. It runs thus : • ' Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind. That from the nunnery...love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honor more.' " " Well done ! Well touched lute— well trolled ditty ! Brave song for a bird of thy feather, Master... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...and loved, and fought in the 1 7th century. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind — That from the memory Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms...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.... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - England - 1854 - 608 pages
...That from the 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 ;...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... | |
 | 1854 - 788 pages
...ask for wine :" and Lovelace — gentle Lovelace who sang of " Althea," and to this day murmurs: Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mimi To war and arms I fly. There were poets in those days ! and they spoke with the fresh, pure voice... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1854 - 778 pages
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde, To \varre and armes I flie. " 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 ; I could... | |
 | Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...crown'd I laden will return to thee, Ev'n sated with variety. TO LCCASTA.— GOING TO THE WAKS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thcc, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. TO SIB PETEK LELY, ON ШЗ PICTURE OP CHARLES I. SEE... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I choose, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield,... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 112 pages
...your correspondent, JW, are by the cavalier-poet Colonel Richard Lovelace, ami are really thus,— But this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. The whole poem is quoted by Miss Mitford, in her Reminiscences. The... | |
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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.... 
