 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 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 - 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 - 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 James, Mervyn Evans James - 1988 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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, Senior Lecturer Department of English Thomas N Corns - 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,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 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...this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; 10 I could not love thee (Dear) so much, Lov'd 1 not honour more. THE GRASSHOPPER Oh, thou that swing'... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...from blust'ring wind, or swallowing wave. 6544 To Lucastu. Going to the Wars' True; a new mistress ; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest...is not the Bible. This, gentlemen, is only a trans Dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. 6545 'The Scrutiny' Lady, it is already mom, And 'twas last... | |
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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.... 
