Saturday, October 08, 2005

Song. To Lucasta, Going to the Wars

by Richard Lovelace
I.

TELL me not (Sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerie
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet minde,
To Warre and Armes I flie.

II.

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.

III.

Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore ;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.

3 comments:

Jungle Cruise Joe said...

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Mephistopheles said...

I shall ;)

Mephistopheles said...

Considering the poem was first published in 1649, or something like that, and that was how they wrote back then...