| George Wither - 1622 - 476 pages
...confinement in the Gate-House, Westminster, for political reasons, in the year 1642. To Altheafrom 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 hair And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton... | |
| 1793 - 376 pages
...no bound, but makes his power his fhores. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON-. BY RICHARD LOVELACE, ESQ^* Wf HEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whifper at my grates ; When I lye tangled in her haire, 5 And fetter'd ' with' her eye, The ' birds'... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...faithless to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. SONG. To AlthiV, 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,"*... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. SONG. To Althea, from prison. WHEW 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,"*... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 476 pages
...faithless to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. ». SONG. 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,•... | |
| Lyre - 1806 - 208 pages
...inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear! so much, 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... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...take, Aud Doric music make, To civilize with (raver notes our wits again. RICHARD tOVELACE. SONNET. 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 fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...sex, and the darling of the ladies, died in the lowest wretchedness, obscurity, and want, in 1658. 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 feiter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton... | |
| Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 pages
...joy clear through this cloudy day To dress my sorrow by. SUljjca, front SONG. SET BY DR. JOHN W/LSOW. 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... | |
| 1821 - 404 pages
...quoting the first and last stanza, and omit the other two, which we cannot bring ourselves to admire. " 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... | |
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