"To Lucasta, Going to the Warres" is a 1649 poem by Richard Lovelace. It was published in the collection Lucasta by Lovelace of that year. The initial poems were addressed to Lucasta, not clearly identified with any real-life woman, under the titles "Going beyond the Seas" and "Going to the Warres", on a chivalrous note. Text See also To Althea, from Prison 1640 in poetry, the year Lucasta was written 1649 in poetry, the year the poem was published Notes External links English poems