Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. The Loves and Heroines of the Poets - Page 223publié par - 1861 - 480 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| George Wither - 1622 - 476 pages
...linnet-like, confined, I With shriller note shall sing The mercy, sweetness, majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud, how good He is, how great should be, Th' enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron... | |
| George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...fhould be, TV enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no fuch liberty. Stone walls do not a prifon make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my foul am free, Angels alone that foar above Enjoy... | |
| 1791 - 718 pages
...fhoiild be, Th1 enlarged winds that curb the flood Know no fucli liberty. Stone walls do not a prifou make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If 1 have freedom in my I >vc, A nd in my foul am free, Angels alone, that foar above, Jinjoy... | |
| Charlotte Smith - 1796 - 280 pages
...fetter•d with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no fuch liberty. Stone walls do not a prifon make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage : If I have freedom in my love, And in my foul am free, Angels alone that foar above Enjoy... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...linnets, I* With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone that soar above Enjoy... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 474 pages
...linnets, I * With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage, If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone, that soar above,... | |
| Lyre - 1806 - 208 pages
...linnet-like, confined I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love APHARA BEHN. 1656. This celebrated female writer is supposed... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...like confined) I With shriller note shall sin;, The mercy, sweetness, majesty And glories of my king : When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be, Th* enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...Althea, during his confinement in the Gate-house, Westminster, ii the same thought: "Stone walto do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage: If I have freedom in my love, Ami in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy... | |
| Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 pages
...linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my KING ; When I shall voice aloud, how good He is, how great...a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage ; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free ; Angels alone that soar above Enjoy... | |
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