83. To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars. Colonel Lovelace. The Golden Treasury

Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875.

Colonel Lovelace

LXXXIII. To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars

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,	5
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;	10
I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more.