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
| 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... | |
| 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...at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...shall 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,...at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetterM with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...note ; 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 ; 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... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...composed 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, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eve, — The birds that wanton m the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...day. SOSO. TO АЫПЕЛ, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfmed wings, Hovers within my gates, 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 Know no such liberty. When flowing cups... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...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 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,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...the reader, and still more to captivate the fair. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. When love, with unconfin&d wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea...at my grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run... | |
| Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...the sun in his early ray, But shake your head and scatter day. SONÓ. TO ALT1IE4, ГНОМ PRISON. 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, —... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...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 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,... | |
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