Quotes from Richard Lovelace

Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant.

As pain tells us of the need for healing, worry tells us of the need for prayer.

Oh, could you view the melodyOf every graceAnd music of her face,You'd drop a tear;Seeing more harmonyIn her bright eyeThan now you hear.

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,That from the nunneryOf thy chaste breast and quiet mind,To war and arms I fly.

When I lie tangled in her hair,And fettered to her eye,The gods that wanton in the airKnow no such liberty.

If to be absent were to beAway from thee;Or that when I am gone,You and I were alone;Then, my Lucasta, might I cravePity from blust'ring wind, or swallowing wave.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

To Lucasta, Going to the Wars Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As thou too shalt adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.

Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free; Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.