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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. "
A Poetry-book of Elder Poets: Consisting of Songs & Sonnets, Odes & Lyrics ... - Page 117
by Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 298 pages
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...165S, when he died of consumption, induced by misery and want. TO ALTHEA. Written in Prison. When lovo with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates : And...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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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...wretched life till 1658, when he died of consumption, induced by misery and want TO ALTHEA. Written in Prison. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within...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...
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1

Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 pages
...characteristic of the cavalier-feeling, — a high-toned loyalty and gallantry and gayety : — "When Lore, with unconfine'd wings, Hovers within my gates, And...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...
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2

George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 pages
...FROM PHISON. 1 When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her...birds, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. 2 When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound,...
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Pearls from the poets: specimens selected, with biogr. notes, by H.W. Dulcken

Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...or in mirth ! PROFESSOR WILSON. Co lM%a. — Jfnim HEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within thy 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. When flowing cups run...
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A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...bo to most of our readers, it would be unfair to substitute any other specimen of his poetry : — 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 l that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. * K. prints of both...
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Folk Songs

John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; 49 •=* ••: -, .- .. " a te\\ The birds, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty....no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1890 - 366 pages
...brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair And fetter'd to her eye, The Gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. When...no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'dj Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 526 pages
...thus our lips and eyes Can speak like spirits unconfined In heaven, their earthly bodies left behindo TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love with unconfine'd...my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pages
...speak like spirits unconfined In heaven, their earthly bodies left behind. TO ALTHEA, FROM PBISON. 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 with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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