Lucasta, 1649

by Richard Lovelace

Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not Honour more.

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Fiction

166 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1649

About the author

Richard Lovelace was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison," and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres."

Reviews

[Glenn Russell]

As a way of wishing Happy New Year to all the beautiful ladies on Goodreads, I'd like to share some of my favorite lines of poetry:

Song to Amarantha, that she would Dishevel her Hair
By Richard Lovelace

Amarantha sweet and fair
Ah braid no more that shining hair!
As my curious hand or eye
Hovering round thee let it fly.

Let it fly as unconfin’d
As its calm ravisher, the wind,
Who hath left his darling th’East,
To wanton o’er that spicy nest.

Ev’ry tress must be confest
But neatly tangled at the best;
Like a clue of golden thread,
Most excellently ravelled.

Do not then wind up that light
In ribands, and o’er-cloud in night;
Like the sun in’s early ray,
But shake your head and scatter day.

[John Yelverton]

It's a decent collection of poems, but for me personally, they don't enthrall me like other collections of poems do.

[Poli]

Read: To Althea, from prison