 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 Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior - Seite 213herausgegeben von - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth - 1995 - 254 Seiten
...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;...eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire, Know no such Liberty. great extremity," Lovelace, using ironic language, makes the king's experience a metaphor... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 Seiten
...may sound quaint, but his name still gleams with honor. Form: Ballad measure. To Althea, from Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...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.... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 Seiten
...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,...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.... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 - 632 Seiten
...graceful lyrics and dashing career made him the prototype of the perfect Cavalier. To Althea, From Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...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, Know no such liberty.... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 596 Seiten
...(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... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 Seiten
...considered the ideal figure of the courtier: aristocratic, witty, and chivalrous. To Althea, from Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my Gates;...at the Grates; When I lye tangled in her haire And fettered to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire, Know no such Liberty. When flowing Cups run... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 Seiten
...chiefly lives ! TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. KIOHARD LOVELACE, born 1618, died 1658. WHEN love with vmconfmed 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 to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air,... | |
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