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" To ALTHEA FROM 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 fetter'd to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. "
Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is ... - Page 225
by English poets - 1801
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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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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...the reader, and still more to captivate the fair. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love, with unconflned 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 with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...by him while within the walls of his prison. His mind was free ; tyrants conld not chain that. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates,...When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eve, — The birds that wanton m the air Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round,...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...; And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. ANDREW KARVELL. WHEN love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates...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. When flowing cups run...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...Anil my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter' d to her eye, — The birds, that wanton in the air...swiftly round With no allaying Thames, * Our careless head with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1853 - 378 pages
...wars, with much to charm the reader, and still more to captivate the fair. TO ALTHBA, FROM PRISON. 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 with her eye, The birds, that wanton in the...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honour more. To Althea,from Priton. 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 fetterM with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...till 1658, when he died of consumption, induced by misery and want TO ALTHEA. Written in Prison. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates:...tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye; The gods that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. • * • • • Stone walls do not a prison make,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critcal Notices and An ...

Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine Altura brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, — The birds, that wanton in the аиKnow no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless...
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