 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...honour more. LOTELACE. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gate\ And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates : When I lye tangled in her haire, 6 And fetter'd with her eye, — The birds, that wanton in the aire, Know... | |
 | Books - 1868 - 220 pages
...House, at Westminster, where he wrote his graceful little song, " Loyalty Confined," opening thus : "When love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered in her eye ; The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty." But "dinnerless the polished... | |
 | Helen Gardner - 1967 - 340 pages
...Lord of all what Seas imbrace ; yet he That wants bimselfe, is poore indeed. To Althea, from Prison1 When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my Gates ; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates : When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetterd to her eye ; The Gods that wanton in the... | |
 | Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth - 1995 - 254 pages
...physical state of imprisonment and the state of moral freedom, he also finds himself sensuously entangled: When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my Gates; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates: When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetterd to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire,... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...may sound quaint, but his name still gleams with honor. Form: Ballad measure. 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... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 pages
...tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig." TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON Richard Lovelace 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 596 pages
...(1591). Althe'a (The divine), of Richard Lovelace, was Lucy Sacheverell, called by the poet, Lucretia. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates. . (The "grates" here referred to were those of a prison in which Lovelace wag confined by the Long... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 - 632 pages
...graceful lyrics and dashing career made him the prototype of the perfect Cavalier. 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 gods, that wanton in the air,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...considered the ideal figure of the courtier: aristocratic, witty, and chivalrous. 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 lye tangled in her haire And fettered to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire,... | |
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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. 
