 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860
...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..."Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore : / could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." This soldier's services in the cause... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1860 - 432 pages
...from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and anus I fly. * True, a new mistress, now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 4 Tet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore : I could not love thoe, dear, so much, Loved... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 288 pages
...Tynemouth castle, the grounds of which are used as a cemetery, or were when this was written. III. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore...I could not love thee, Deare, so much, Loved I not Honour more. RICHARD LOVELACE. A FAREWELL. FLOW down, cold rivulet, to the sea, Thy tribute wave deliver... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1860 - 558 pages
...sweet, I am unkinde, That from the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To warre 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... | |
 | Mervyn James, Mervyn Evans James - History - 1988 - 485 pages
...seeking honour in the thick of battle with the Puritan foe, as in Lovelace's well-known poem: "... a new Mistresse now I chase/ The first Foe in the Field/ And with a stronger Faith imbrace/ A Sword, a Horse, a Shield". The attitude contrasts with the Puritan military stress on disciplined... | |
 | Evan Smith - Performing Arts - 1987 - 32 pages
...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...such As you, too, shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. This poem always gets on my nerves... (Rob starts to write this... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - English poetry - 1989 - 208 pages
...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...such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more. Richard Lovelace Demetrius fled the fight in fear. And lost... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Reference - 1992 - 1132 pages
...unkind. That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. (1. 1—4) 9 2 . dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. (1. 9—12) AWP; CaPo; ELP; EnLoPo; FaBV; FaFP; FF; FPL; GBL;... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 891 pages
...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...this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; 10 I could not love thee (Dear) so much, Lov'd 1 not honour more. THE GRASSHOPPER Oh, thou that swing'... | |
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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.... 
