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.... Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys - Página 32por William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 364 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.), Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1869 - 146 páginas
...true men, and accepted by all true women, as implacable and final for evermore : — 'Tell me cot, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste...a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As thou, too, shalt adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.' A manly sentiment... | |
| Howard Staunton - 1869 - 658 páginas
...nunnerle , Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde To worre and armes I file. *• True, a new mistrcas now I chase. The first foe in the field ; And with...faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield •' Yet tliis inconstancy ia such, As you too shall adore, I cou'd not love tJtee, cfetir, to muc\ ./••(•'</... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...And having nothing, yet hath all. 78. Biehard Lovelace. 1618-1658. (History, p. 106.) TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of your chastc breast and quiet mind, To war and anus I fly. 5 True, a new mistress now I chase, The first... | |
| English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...They show a deep devotion to his king and his mistress, and are both graceful and spirited.] '"PELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, •*• That 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 a stronger faith... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WAB8. 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, Yet... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 páginas
...I'll deck and crown thy head with bays. And love thee more and more. OF MONTKOSE. TO LUCASTA. TELI. me not, sweet. I am unkind, That from the nunnery...in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A swonl, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee,... | |
| Dawson William Turner - 1874 - 130 páginas
...Tell me not, sweet, I am unbind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war ana arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The...stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Tet this inconstancy is snch, As thon, too, shalt adore : I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 páginas
...I'll deck and crown thy head with bays, And love thee more and more. MABtJUIS OF MONTROSE. TO LUCASTA. TELL, me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I Ily. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace... | |
| Dawn - 1874 - 340 páginas
...dries up ; the star is shot ; The flight is past ; and man forgot. RICHARD LOVELACE. 1618—1658. ELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I flv.TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1875 - 534 páginas
...beautiful song to his mistress, which has been so often quoted, — Tell me not, sweet, I am nakind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet...a 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 honor more. The rest of his... | |
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