 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....  The Loves and Heroines of the Poets - Side 224redigert av - 1861 - 480 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sider
...am uiikindc, That from the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde, To warre and armes I flee. my Jamie at the sea — And Auld Kobin Gray came a-courti Held ; And with a stronger faith imhrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1881 - 210 sider
...their earthly bodies left behind. Richard Lovelace. To Lucasta. TO LUCASTA. OX GOING TO THE WARS. 107 me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I flee. True, a new mistress now I chase, — The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 sider
...soar above Enjoy such liberty. TO LCCASTA (ON GOING TO THE WARS). Tell me not, sweet, I am nukind, ly resigned: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, thongh in rags, will keep mo - now mistress now I chase, The. first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 sider
...nunnerie Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde, To warre and armes I flee. 125 True, a new mistresse imbrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, should adore ; I could... | |
 | R.L. Weber - 1982 - 236 sider
...precaution of including in his marriage proposal the immortal lines of Richard Lovelace (1618—1658): Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To pump and 'scope I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, My own on-line computer; And with a stronger... | |
 | Michael Cordner - 1982 - 372 sider
...the Wanes' (Poems, ed. CH Wilkinson (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930), p. 18): 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 not... | |
 | Mervyn Evans James - 1986 - 496 sider
...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... | |
 | Arthur McGee - 1987 - 230 sider
...nunneries were no longer the subjects for scurrilous jokes. Richard Lovelace in 1646 wrote to his Lucasta: Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. And Milton in his // Penseroso: Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure. Thus... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sider
...13-18) CaPo; GTBS; GTBS-P; LiTB; MeLP; MOS; OBEV; OBS; SeCP; SeCV-1 To Lucasta, Going to the Wars 8 Time h@ . (1. 1—4) 9 Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much,... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 sider
...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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