 | English poets - 1801 - 488 ページ
...the sun in 's early ray, But shake your head and scatter day ! SONG. To Lucasta. Going to the -war*. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I cbace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - 208 ページ
...eyes Can speak like spirits unconfin'd In heaven, their earthy bodies left behind. TO LUCASTA, ON HIS GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind,...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. Yet... | |
 | 1808 - 506 ページ
...zeal — She gives the highest prizes. Ibid. LINES By Sir Richard Lovelace to Ait Mistress, on his going to the Wars. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...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.... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 ページ
...unconfin'd In heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind. SONG. SET BV MR. JOHAT I^STJERE. ®o JCucagta, GOING TO THE WARS. TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind,...the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, ' POEMS. True ; a new mistress now I chasc, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 ページ
...the third stanza in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not,...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.... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 ページ
...the third stanza in particular is excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not,...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.... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 ページ
...occurs, in the book, worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...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.... | |
 | 1821 - 408 ページ
...occurs, in the book, worthy of notice, is a most elegant little song, addressed to Lucasta, ' on his going to the wars.' " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,...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.... | |
 | 1837 - 540 ページ
...Lovelace, who died in misery, after long confinement by Cromwell, in the Gatehouse at Westminster : — " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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 steed, a shield. "... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 ページ
...nothing more worthy of his best music than the following pretty little song by Lovelace." TO LUCASTA. " Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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.... | |
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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. Yet this... 
