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Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace (1617–1657) was an English Cavalier poet best known for "To Althea, from Prison" ("Stone walls do not a prison make") and "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars…

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"Sweet serene sky-like flower, Haste to adorn her bower; From thy long cloudy bed Shoot forth thy damask head! New-startled blush of Flora, The grief"

"Why should you swear I am forsworn,         Since thine I vowed to be?     Lady, it is already morn,         And 'twas last night I swore to th"

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