 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 600 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, Lov'd I not honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 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...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 honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM... | |
 | Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...from the nunnerie Of thy chante breast and qniet mimic To warre and armes l Hie. True, a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith imbrace A »word, a hnrse, a shield. Yet thi« inconstancy in such, AH yon too shall adore; 1 could... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 442 pages
...the nunnerie Of thy chaste breast, and quiet minde To warre and arms I flie. True : a new mistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field : And with...shall adore ; I could not love thee, deare, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. The Scrutiny. Why should you sweare I am forsworn? Since thine I vow'd to... | |
 | 1850 - 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...is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love liiec, dear ! so much, Loved I not honour more. " The rest of his life was a series of the most cruel... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I choose, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith...is such As you, too, shall adore : I could not love thco, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. ON LELY'S PORTRAIT OF CHARLES THE FIRST. See what an humble... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 840 pages
...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. TO SIR PETER LELY, Oîî DIS PICTURE OF CHARLES I. SEE ! what... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 714 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, Lov'd I not honour more. To Althea,from Priton. When love with unconfined wings Hovers... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1853 - 650 pages
...honour !" There is something akin to this sentiment in that glorious stanza of one of our old poets : " Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more !" Agnes Sorel is described by the chroniclers of the time as... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1854 - 444 pages
...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.' " " Well done ! Well touched lute— well trolled ditty ! Brave... | |
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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.... 
