 When Love with unconfine'd 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 Retrospective Review - Page 1241821Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1836 - 748 pages
...an account of the prison which gave them birth : HIS BEINGE IN PRISON. WHEN Love, with unccrafined 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 in... | |
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...Southey had pronounced " that it will live as long as the English language." TO ALTHEA, PROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates...birds 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... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1837 - 382 pages
...Althea from Prison," is full of grace and animation, and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...at the grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1837 - 380 pages
...the elegant and loyal song, which was long a favourite with the Cavaliers. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates : When I lye tangled in her hairc, And fetter'd to her eye ; The gods that wanton in the aire Know no such liberty.... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women - 1837 - 394 pages
...and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within ray 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 air, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1839 - 444 pages
...volume of his poems, entitled Lucasta, 1649, 12mo., collated with a copy in the Editor's folio MS. 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 fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1839 - 444 pages
...entitled Lucasta, 1649, IA no,, collated with a copy in the Editor's folio MS. 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 fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...estates of her father at KingVdown in Kent. t SONG. TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. WHEN Love, with uuconfined se P+ 5 d G j c i < my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, — The birds, that wanton in... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Love poetry - 1844 - 384 pages
...Althea from Prison," is full of grace and animation, and breathes the very soul of love and honour. When Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my...at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...from the county of Kent, Therein he wrote the following beautiful poem : TO ALTHEA, J-'ROM 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 lair, And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
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