To Lucasta, Going to the Wars
Richard Lovelace
1617 to 1657
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Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,
That the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.
True, a new now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, horse, a shield.
Yet this inconstancy is such
you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Dear) so much,
Lov’d I not Honour more.