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Lucasta

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Lucasta

by Richard Lovelace

English· 00:48:21· 31 chapters
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, this selection of poems are written from the viewpoint of a soldier who is going off to war - to his lover, who is the love of his life, his Lucasta. While pouring his heart out with memories of her beauty and the joy's that they have shared, he fears she will think badly of him for leaving, and will not wait for him. Therefore, he makes pleas for her loyalty, her love, for her understanding, and for the sacrifice he feels he must make. (Summary by Laur)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Dedication

    01:34
  2. Chapter 2

    To Lucasta. Going Beyond the Seas

    01:18
  3. Chapter 3

    To Lucasta. Going Beyond the Warres

    01:04
  4. Chapter 4

    To Amarantha; That She Would Dishevel Her Hair

    01:56
  5. Chapter 5

    Sonnet: Depose your finger of that ring

    01:06
  6. Chapter 6

    To Lucasta. The Rose

    01:44
  7. Chapter 7

    Sonnet: When I by thy faire shape did sweare

    01:26
  8. Chapter 8

    Lucasta Weeping

    01:05
  9. Chapter 9

    To Lucasta, From Prison

    03:25
  10. Chapter 10

    To Lucasta

    01:42
  11. Chapter 11

    Upon the Curtain of Lucasta's Picture, It was Thus Wrought

    00:43
  12. Chapter 12

    Lucasta's World

    01:22
  13. Chapter 13

    To Ellinda, That Lately I Have Not Written

    01:07
  14. Chapter 14

    To Chloe, Courting Her for His Friend

    01:26
  15. Chapter 15

    Gratiana Dancing and Singing

    01:23
  16. Chapter 16

    The Scrutinie

    01:25
  17. Chapter 17

    The Vintage to the Dungeon

    01:13
  18. Chapter 18

    To Althea, from Prison

    01:56
  19. Chapter 19

    To His Fairest Valentine, Mrs. A.L.

    01:21
  20. Chapter 20

    The Faire Begger

    02:21
  21. Chapter 21

    To Lucasta. Her Reserved Looks

    00:52
  22. Chapter 22

    Lucasta Laughing

    01:00
  23. Chapter 23

    Love Inthron'd

    01:50
  24. Chapter 24

    To Lucasta. I laugh and sing

    00:57
  25. Chapter 25

    To Lucasta. Like the Sentinel Stars

    01:13
  26. Chapter 26

    The Ant

    03:02
  27. Chapter 27

    Song: Strive not, vain lover

    01:22
  28. Chapter 28

    Courante Monsieur

    00:56
  29. Chapter 29

    Song: In mine one monument I lye

    01:07
  30. Chapter 30

    Another

    00:56
  31. Chapter 31

    The Snayl

    04:29