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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 inconstancy... "
Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs ... - Page 264
by English poetry - 1839
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The Biographical Mirrour: Comprising a Series of Ancient and ..., Volume 1

Francis Godolphin Waldron, Sylvester Harding - 1795 - 298 pages
...Iflie. True ; a new Mistresse now I chase, The first Foe in the Fields And with a stronger Faith embrace A Sword, a Horse, a Shield. Yet this Inconstancy is...such, As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee (DeareJ so much, Lov'd J not Honour more. *** In page 86, line 7, instead of Fran: Lovclove, read,...
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Sabrinae corolla in hortulis regiae scholae Salopiensis contextuerunt tres ...

Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...True, a new rnistresse now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is...shall adore : I could not love thee, deare, so much, Loved I not honoure more. LoVELACn. The Pimpernel. See'st thou yon pimpernel ? An hour is past, And...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...unkind, True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is...such As you too shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONNET. WHEN I by thy fair shape did swear (And mingled with...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - 1803 - 474 pages
...niind True, a new mistress now I chace, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger fuith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is...such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd 1 not honour more. SONNET. WHEN I by thy fair shape did swear (And mingled with...
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The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier].

Lyre - 1806 - 208 pages
...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 inconstancy is...such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear! so much, TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And...
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Selection of Poems ...

1808 - 506 pages
...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 inconstancy is...such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. EPIGRAM. ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. OF old the Debtor, that...
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Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. &c. To which is Added, Aramantha ...

Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 pages
...POEMS. True ; a new mistress now I chasc, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is...such, As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. A PARADOX. 'Tis true the beauteous star To which I first did...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...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 inconstancy is...As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...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 inconstancy is...As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more." From a song of seven stanzas, to Amarantha, " that she would...
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Kentish poets, a series of writers, natives of or residents in ..., Volume 2

Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...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 inconstancy is such, As yon too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. SONG. To Amarantha...
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