 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.  The Loves and Heroines of the Poets - Page 222edited by - 1861 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Best books - 1825 - 474 pages
...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...grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered in her eye ; The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty." After a few months confinement,... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...natural imagery, and beautiful expression of noble thought :— When love with unconfined wings Hörers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; Wben I lye tangled in her haire, And fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the aire Know... | |
 | 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,...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 aire Know no such... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...but in great poverty and obscurity, in a poor lodging near Shoe-Lane, London. 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," (a) that wanton... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...him a physician also, that being the science the wordlings have most need of. — Steele. DCCLXVII. 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... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...remarkable for natural imagery, and beautiful expression of noble thought : — 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 fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the aire Know no such... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 378 pages
...The vow I made — to love you too. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. RICHARD LOVELACE. Born 1618— Died 1658. When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangl'd in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, The " birds"* that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty.... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Your banish'd servant trouble you ; TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. RICHARD LOVELACE. Bora 1618— Died 1658. When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea hrings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangl'd in her hair, And feuer' d to her eye, The " birds"*... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 746 pages
...church. propriately than in an account of the prison which gave them birth : HIS II IS.. r IN PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...my grates ; ' When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd with her eye, — The birds that wantSn in the air, Know no such liberty. When Mowing cups... | |
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