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Poem of the Day: ‘To Lucasta, Going to the Wars’

Richard Lovelace’s poem is slick in the way only the 17th century seemed to manage with this much aplomb.

Richard Lovelace, detail of engraving by Wenceslas Hollar.
Richard Lovelace, detail of engraving by Wenceslas Hollar. Via Wikimedia Commons
EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

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