 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...stanza, and omit the other two, which we cannot bring ourselves to admire. " When love with unconfmed wings Hovers within my gates ; And my divine Althea...birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. ; Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; , Minds innocent and quiet take That for... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...only, but that he employed the means in his power to make the heart of the prisoner leap for joy. SONG. To ALTHEA, from Prison. When love with unconfined...grates : When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd in her eye ; The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...make the heart of the prisoner leap for joy. SONG. To ALTHEA, from Prison. When love with unconfmcd wings Hovers within my gates ; And my divine Althea...grates : When I lie tangled in her hair, . And fetter'd in her eye ; The birds that wanton in the air. Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - Poets, English - 1824 - 132 pages
...better of the soldier. His lines "To Althea from prison," are among the best : here are some of them. " When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To hover at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, — The birds that wanton... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1824 - 982 pages
...here noticed, u thus introduced in a Song —addressed to her, by Lovelace, when he was in priion : When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates ; And my divine ALTII FA brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1825 - 532 pages
...Althea" here noticed, is thus introduced in a Song — addressed to her, by Lovelace, when he was in prison : When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers...And my divine ALTHEA brings To whisper at the grates ; briars which beset the earlier paths or haunts of the more ancient British Muse, and having placed... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1825 - 474 pages
...Althea" here noticed, is thus introduced in a Song — addressed to her, by Lovelace, when he was in prison : When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates ; And my divine ALTHEA bring* To whisper at the grates ; briars which beset the earlier paths or haunts of the more ancient... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...Westminster, where he wrote that well-known and elegant little song, " Loyalty confined," beginning thus : " 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 fettered in her eye ; The birds that wanton in the... | |
 | Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1827 - 972 pages
...The earl made a sign to Eden Green, who, in his best voice, instantly sang the following song : — " When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetter'd with her eye,' The birds that wanton in the... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...died at last at freedom, but in great poverty and obscurity, in a poor lodging near Shoe-Lane, London. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN love, with unconfined...her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, — The " birds," (a) that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying... | |
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Prison WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates — When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. 
