Richard Lovelace
1617–1657
Best-known poems
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To Althea, from Prison
When love with unconfined wings
. . . Hovers within my gates,
And my divine Althea brings … -
To Lucasta
IF to be absent were to be
Away from thee;
Or that, when I am gone, … -
Tell Me Not, Sweet, I am Unkind
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind
For, from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, …
All poems (10)
- Gratiana DancingShe beat the happy pavèment—
- Tell Me Not, Sweet, I am UnkindFor, from the nunnery
- The GrasshopperO THOU that swing'st upon the waving hair
- To Althea from PrisonWhen Love with unconfinèd wings
- To Althea, from PrisonWhen love with unconfined wings
- To Amarantha, That She Would Dishevel Her HairAmarantha sweet and fair
- To LucastaIF to be absent were to be
- To Lucasta, going beyond the Seasif to be absent were to be
- To Lucasta, going to the WarsTell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
- To Lucasta, on Going to the WarsTell me not, sweet, I am unkinde,
