 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...  The Churchman's companion - Sida 2411880Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 sidor
...choose, 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, ON LELY'S PORTRAIT OF CHARLES THE FIRST. See what an humble bravery doth shine, And grief triumphant... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 sidor
...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, deare, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. The Scrutiny. Why should you sweare I am forsworn? Since thine... | |
 | Henry John Whitfeld - 1852 - 252 sidor
...faithful to death, and singing to his mistress, — " Yet this inconstancy is such As thou, too, shalt adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more." and the sullen Puritan, half hypocrite and half fanatic — and then the dim procession disappears,... | |
 | 1850 - 216 sidor
...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 liiec, dear ! so much, Loved I not honour more. " The rest of his life was a series of the most cruel... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 sidor
...choose, 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 thco, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. ON LELY'S PORTRAIT OF CHARLES THE FIRST. See what an humble... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 sidor
...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 ;...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. TO SIR PETER LELY, Oîî DIS PICTURE OF CHARLES I. SEE ! what an humble bravery doth shine And grief... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 sidor
...choose, 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:...love thee, dear, so much, ' Loved I not honour more. ON LBLY'S PORTRAIT OF CHABLES THE FIRST. See what an humble bravery doth shine, And grief triumphant... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1853 - 650 sidor
...!" There is something akin to this sentiment in that glorious stanza of one of our old poets : " Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore ;...love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more !" Agnes Sorel is described by the chroniclers of the time as " la plus belle des belles" — the loveliest... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 sidor
...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. To Althea,from Priton. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 sidor
...And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield : Yet this inconstancy is such, As thou, too, shall adore — I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. JUPITER. A clever translation of one of the most spirited of the lyries of BKRANGER, the great song-writer... | |
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