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                         TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS

                              by Richard Lovelace








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{TO_LUCASTA
         TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS
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            Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
              That from the nunnery
            Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
              To wars and arms I fly.
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            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.
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            Yet this inconstancy is such
              As you too shalt adore;
            I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
              Loved I not Honour more.
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                           THE END