 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...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,...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. " ON BEDS OF ROSES." ' BY RICHARD RYAN. On beds of roses let me lie,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 356 pages
...quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. — True, a new mistress now I chase, The fii-st foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse,...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. RICHARD LOVELACE. ALTHOUGH Goldingham maintained it to be the duty of... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace, A sword, a horse,...too shall adore; . I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with tliy five tenements, Tell thy... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - 1827 - 272 pages
...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,...you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. ELINDA'S GLOVE. THOU snowy farm, with thy five tenements, Tell thy white... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1827 - 1150 pages
...To war and arms I fly. — True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with n stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield...too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. RICHARD LOVELACE. ALYHOUGH Goldingliam maintained it to be the duty... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 is such As yon, too. shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. SAMUEL LOVER.... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 420 pages
...would have listened a second tune : — '* True, a new mistress now I chase The first foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace A sword — a horse...too, shall adore— I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more!" But I forget, the theme is a forhidden one ; and I see, Constance,... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 246 pages
...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. Loved I not honour more!' But I forget, the theme is a forbidden one; and I see, Constance, you... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1833 - 322 pages
...be trusted to in an emergency like this. She was one, Ida thought, who, when prompted by any feel* "Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." ing of womanly pity or generosity, would exhibit the noblest traits... | |
 | 1833 - 388 pages
...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 in constancy is such, As you too shall adore, I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour... | |
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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... 
