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" When Love with unconfine'd wings Hovers within my Gates ; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates : When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye ; The Birds, that wanton in the Air, Know no such Liberty. "
The Lovers' Dictionary: A Poetical Treasury of Lovers' Thoughts, Fancies ... - Page 3
by J. H. - 1867 - 789 pages
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...you, too, shall adore ; I could not 1оте thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. Prison. Wben er bring) To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. To AWtta,from Pram. {! {! Althc» brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettcr'd with her eye,...
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The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 328 pages
...elegant of the cavaliers of Charles the First, and author of the exquisite ballad beginning, — " When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; " When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd in her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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Memorials of Montrose and His Times, Volume 1

Mark Napier - 1848 - 450 pages
...bird, and nothing but a bird. Again, Dr Percy gives us, ' When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.' Upon which Mr Ellis notes : ' In the original it is " Gods;" the correction is very happy.' Unhappy....
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Memorials of Montrose and his times [ed. by M. Napier].

Mark Napier - 1848 - 446 pages
...bird, and nothing but a bird. Again, Dr Percy gives us, ' When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.' Upon which Mr Ellis notes : * In the origU nal it is " Gods;" the correction is very happy.' Unhappy....
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...; I could not lore thee, dear, so mach, Lov'd I not honour more. To Aluica,from Pram. When 1оте chokiiu» up their stalls, And common cries pursue your ladjvhip For hind'ring o' the m my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetterM with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...is such, As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined...my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettur'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...inconstancy is such, As yon, too, shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined...my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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Hausschatz englischer Poesie: Auswahl aus den Werken der bedeutendsten ...

Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...will return to thee, Ev'n sated with varietie. ToAlthea. — From Prison. When love with uncoufined wings Hovers within my gates; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates : When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetter' d to her eye; The gods that wanton in the aire, Know no such...
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The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of the Best and Newest Anecdotes and ...

Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...grace and animation, and breathes the very soul of love and honour : — When Love, with nnconflned wings, Hovers within my gates. And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates ; When 1 lie tangled iu her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such...
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