To Lucasta. Going To The Warres.

Tell me not, (sweet,) I am unkinde,
That from the nunnerie
Of thy chaste breast and quiet minde
To warre and armes I flie.

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.


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  Nizar Qabbani
  1923 - 1998 / Damascus / Syria
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  Madison Julius Cawein
  1865-1914 / the United States
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  Andrew Motion
  1952 / London, England
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  Walter Raleigh
  1552 - 1618 / Devon / England
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  Henry Wadswor Longfellow
  27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882 / Portland, Maine
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  John Keats
  31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 / London, England