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" The gods 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 hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free,... "
Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys - Página 33
por William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 364 páginas
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Romance of London: Strange Stories, Scenes and Remarkable Persons ..., Volumen2

John Timbs - 1865 - 338 páginas
...poem, " To Althea, from Prison," which he composed in the Gate House, at Westminster ; it begins with : 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 in her eye, The birds that wanton in the...
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The Metaphysical Poets

Helen Gardner - 1967 - 340 páginas
...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...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, Know no such Liberty....
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Words that Taste Good

Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 páginas
...streams. JOHN MILTON Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out. SIR JOHN SUCKLING When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her...gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. RICHARD LOVELACE Often the words carry deep meanings. And certain words, whose emotional overtones...
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Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies

Maynard Mack - 1993 - 300 páginas
...3.12.2). HI. Donne, Elegie 19: To His Mistris Going to Bed. In To Althea, from Prison, Lovelace has: "When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her...gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty." 112. Donne, Elegie 20: Love's Warre, and Lovelace, To Lucasta, Going to the Wars. 113. Shakespeare,...
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The Wit of Seventeenth-century Poetry

Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth - 1995 - 254 páginas
...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;...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, Know no such Liberty....
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The Classic Hundred Poems: All-time Favorites

William Harmon - 1998 - 386 páginas
..."chivalry." Lovelace may sound quaint, but his name still gleams with honor. Form: Ballad measure. To Althea, from Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers...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. When flowing cups run swiftly...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...(attributed) Punctuality is the politeness of kings. LOVELACE Richard 1618-1658 6538 To Althea, From Prison' , 6539 To Altheu. From Prison' When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free,...
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Doctor Leeds' Selection of Popular Epic Recitations for Minstrel and Stage Use

Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 páginas
...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,...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. When flowing cups run swiftly...
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The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland ...

Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 - 632 páginas
...poets. His graceful lyrics and dashing career made him the prototype of the perfect Cavalier. To Althea, From Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers...at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, The gods, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run...
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: Volume I

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 596 páginas
...(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...
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