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Lucasta
by Richard Lovelace
TO
WILLIAM HAZLITT； ESQ。； OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE； A REGISTRAR OF
THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY IN LONDON；
This Little Volume
IS INSCRIBED AS A SLIGHT TESTIMONY OF THE GREATEST RESPECT；
BY HIS AFFECTIONATE SON； THE EDITOR。
CONTENTS。
PART I。
PAGE
Dedication 3
Verses addressed to the Author 5
I。 Poems Addressed or Relating To Lucasta。
Song。 To Lucasta。 Going beyond the Seas 25
Song。 To Lucasta。 Going to the Warres 26
A Paradox 27
Song。 To Amarantha； that she would Dishevell her Haire 29
Sonnet 31
Ode。 To Lucasta。 The Rose 31
Love Conquer'd。 A Song 33
A Loose Saraband 34
Orpheus to Woods 37
Orpheus to Beasts 37
Dialogue。 Lucasta； Alexis 39
Sonnet 41
Lucasta Weeping。 Song 42
To Lucasta； from Prison。 An Epode 43
Lucasta's Fanne； with a Looking…glasse in it 46
Lucasta； taking the Waters at Tunbridge 48
To Lucasta。 Ode Lyrick 50
Lucasta paying her Obsequies to the Chast Memory of my
Dearest Cosin Mrs。 Bowes Barne＇s＇ 51
Upon the Curtaine of Lucasta's Picture； it was thus Wrought 53
Lucasta's World。 Epode 53
The Apostacy of One； and but One Lady 54
Amyntor from beyond the Sea to Alexis。 A Dialogue 56
Calling Lucasta from her Retirement 58
Amarantha； a Pastoral 60
II。 Poems Addressed to Ellinda。
To Ellinda； that lately I have not written 74
Ellinda's Glove 75
Being Treated。 To Ellinda 76
To Ellinda； upon his late Recovery。 A Paradox 79
III。 Miscellaneous Poems
To Chloe； courting her for his Friend 81
Gratiana Dauncing and Singing 82
Amyntor's Grove 84
The Scrutinie 89
Princesse Loysa Drawing 90
A Forsaken Lady to her False Servant 92
The Grassehopper。 To My Noble Friend；
Mr。 Charles Cotton ＇the elder＇ 94
An Elegie on the Death of Mrs。 Cassandra Cotton 97
The Vintage to the Dungeon。 A Song 99
On the Death of Mrs。 Elizabeth Filmer。 An Elegiacall Epitaph 100
To My Worthy Friend Mr。 Peter Lilly 102
The Lady A＇nne＇ L＇ovelace＇。 My Asylum in a Great Extremity 104
A Lady with a Falcon on her Fist。 To the Honourable
my Cousin A＇nne＇ L＇oveace＇ 108
A Prologue to the Scholars 110
The Epilogue 111
Against the Love of Great Ones 113
To Althea； from Prison 117
Sonnet。 To Generall Goring； after the Pacification at Berwicke 120
Sir Thomas Wortley's Sonnet 122
The Answer 123
A Guiltlesse Lady Imprisoned； after Penanced 124
To His Deare Brother Colonel F＇rancis＇ L＇ovelace＇ 125
To a Lady that desired me I would beare my part with her
in a Song 126
Valiant Love 131
La Bella Bona Roba。 To My Lady H。 133
Sonnet。 〃I Cannot Tell；〃 &c。 134
A la Bourbon 135
The Faire Begger 136
A Dialogue betwixt Cordanus and Amoret 138
IV。 Commendatory and Other Verses； prefixed to
Various Publications between 1638 and 1647。
An Elegie。 Princesse Katherine Borne； Christened； Buried
in one Day （1638） 140
Clitophon and Lucippe translated。 To the Ladies （1638） 143
To My Truely Valiant； Learned Friend； who in his Booke
resolv'd the Art Gladiatory into the Mathematicks （1638） 146
To Fletcher Reviv'd （1647） 148
PART II。
I。 Poems Addressed or Relating to Lucasta。
Dedication 155
To Lucasta。 Her Reserved Looks 157
Lucasta Laughing 157
Night。 To Lucasta 158
Love Inthron'd 159
Her Muffe 160
A Black Patch on Lucasta's Face 162
Another 163
To Lucasta 165
To Lucasta 165
Lucasta at the Bath 166
The Ant 168
II。 Miscellaneous Poems。
Song。 Strive not； &c。 170
In Allusion to the French Song： 〃N'entendez vous pas
ce Language〃 171
Courante Monsieur 173
A Loose Saraband 174
The Falcon 176
Love made in the First Age。 To Chloris 180
To a Lady with Child that ask'd an Old Shirt 183
Song。 In mine own Monument I lye； &c。 184
Another。 I did believe； &c。 184
Ode。 You are deceiv'd； &c。 185
The Duell 187
Cupid far gone 188
A Mock Song 190
A Fly caught in a Cobweb 191
A Fly about a Glasse of Burnt Claret 193
Female Glory 196
A Dialogue。 Lute and Voice 197
A Mock Charon。 Dialogue 198
The Toad and Spyder。 A Duell 199
The Snayl 207
Another 209
The Triumphs of Philamore and Amoret 211
Advice to my best Brother； Coll： Francis Lovelace 218
Paris's Second Judgement 221
Peinture。 A Panegyrick to the best Picture of Friendship；
Mr。 Pet。 Lilly 222
An Anniversary on the Hymeneals of my Noble Kinsman；
Thomas Stanley； Esq。 227
On Sanazar's being honoured with 600 Duckets by the
Clarissimi of Venice 229
III。 Commendatory Verses； prefixed to Various
Publications between 1652 and 1657。
To My Dear Friend； Mr。 E＇ldred＇ R＇evett＇ on his Poems moral
and divine 241
On the Best； Last； and only Remaining Comedy of Mr。 Fletcher；
〃The Wild…Goose Chase〃 （1652） 245
To My Noble Kinsman Thomas Stanley； Esq。； on his Lyrick Poems
composed by Mr。 John Gamble （1656） 247
To Dr。 F。 B＇eale＇； on his Book of Chesse （1656） 249
To the Genius of Mr。 John Hall （1657） 250
Translations 253
Elegies on the Death of the Author 279
INTRODUCTION。
There is scarcely an UN…DRAMATIC writer of the Seventeenth Century； whose poems exhibit so many and such gross corruptions as th