Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) was an English poet and nobleman.

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Sourced quotes

"I could not love thee, dear, so much
Lov'd I not honour more."^[1]

What it means: He loves a woman very much and he feels a need to stay with her because he loves her, but he feels a stronger need to go and fight in a war. Honour is the quality that makes him feel a need to go and fight in the war. He tells her that if he did not love the quality of honour more than he loves her, then he would not be able to love her as much as he does.

References

↑ To Lucasta: Going to the Wars, 1649.

Other websites

Richard Lovelace on the English Wikipedia
Works by Richard Lovelace on the English Wikisource
Works by Richard Lovelace at Project Gutenberg

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[1] To Lucasta: Going to the Wars, 1649.

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