 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1860 - 452 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 - English poetry - 1860 - 316 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... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Maryland - 1860 - 450 pages
...nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. ' True, a new mistress, now I chnse, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 4 Yet this inconstancy Is such As you too shall adore: I could not love thoe, dear, so much, Loved... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1860 - 578 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 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...As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. THE SCRUTINY. "Why should you say I am forsworn. Since thine... | |
 | Mervyn Evans James - History - 1986 - 496 pages
...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 - Drama - 1987 - 44 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 - Poetry - 1989 - 216 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 - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 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;... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...the military conflict is accommodated and, in some ways, set aside by Lovelace: 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. Carew at the end of 'To my friend GN from Wrest', as we have seen,... | |
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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.... 
