 | English poets - 1801
...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... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 1806
...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, 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. Yet... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808
...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, 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.... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - 1817
...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, That from 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... | |
 | 1821
...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, 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.... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821
...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, 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.... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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
...excellent : it has hitherto escaped the notice of our collectors. SONG. To LUCASTA, going to the Wars. Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery...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
...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
...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... 
