 Blog PostsFriends         | [True, A New Mistress Now I Chase][To Lucasta, Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace]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 you too shall adore; I could not love thee (Dear) so much, Lov’d I not Honour more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Tristram and Iseult by Maurice Lalau http://artofnarrative.blogspot.com/2011/11/maurice-lalau-romance-of-tristram-and.html]   paganpoetry: I think it goes beyond his loyalty to country, but rather the overarching "ideal" of honour that is most important. Because of this immense duty to honour, I think it intensifies his love of his woman. In order for him to honor her fully, he must first be dutiful to honor itself. Whatever that is.... |
I wonder why his love of "Honour" helps him love her even more.