"Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind, / That from the nunnery / Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind / To war and arms I fly."
— Lovelace, Richard (1617-1657)
Work Title
Date
1649
Metaphor
"Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind, / That from the nunnery / Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind / To war and arms I fly."
Metaphor in Context
Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.
(ll. 1-4)
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.
(ll. 1-4)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lovelace, Richard. Lucasta (1649). Facs. edn.: Scolar Press, 1972. <Link to RPO>
Date of Entry
05/17/2010
