Poems by Richard Lovelace

Poems by Richard Lovelace

The Scrutiny, by Richard Lovelace

Why should you swear I am forsworn,
Since thine I vow'd to be?
Lady it is already morn,
And ...

To Althea, from Prison, by Richard Lovelace

When Love with unconfined wings
Hovers within my gates,
And my divine Althea brings
To whispe...

To Lucasta, Going to the Wars, by Richard Lovelace

Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
...