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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. "
Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors - Page 171
by John Timbs - 1856
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...beauties crown'd, I laden will return to thee, Ev'n sated with varietie. TO ALTHEA.— FROM I'BISON. WHEN love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates ; And my divine Althea hrings To whisper at the grates : When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetter'd to her eye ; The gods...
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The Carthusian, Issue 1

1837 - 576 pages
...Southey had pronounced " that it will live as long as the English language." TO ALTHEA, PROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates...birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound. Our...
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The Romance of Biography: Or, Memoirs of Women Loved and ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 pages
...Althea from Prison," is full of grace and animation, and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...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. Stone walls do not a prison...
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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit ..., Volume 2

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 380 pages
...the elegant and loyal song, which was long a favourite with the Cavaliers. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates : When I lye tangled in her hairc, And fetter'd to her eye ; The gods that wanton in the aire Know no such liberty....
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The Romance of Biography: Or, Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets ...

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 pages
...and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within ray 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. Stone walls do not a prison...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 2

Thomas Percy - 1839 - 444 pages
...volume of his poems, entitled Lucasta, 1649, 12mo., collated with a copy in the Editor's folio MS. 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...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 2

Thomas Percy - 1839 - 446 pages
...entitled Lucasta, 1649, IA no,, collated with a copy in the Editor's folio MS. WHEN love with unconfmed 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...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...estates of her father at KingVdown in Kent. t SONG. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with uuconfined se P+ 5 d G j c i < my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, — The birds, that wanton in...
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Memoirs of the Loves of the Poets: Biographical Sketches of Women Celebrated ...

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 pages
...Althea from Prison," is full of grace and animation, and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...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. Stone walls do not a prison...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 2

William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pages
...from the county of Kent, Therein he wrote the following beautiful poem : TO ALTHEA, J-'ROM 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 lair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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