 | Bill Moore - Cooking - 1987 - 180 pages
...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 eye, The gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. RICHARD LOVELACE Often the words carry deep meanings.... | |
 | Maynard Mack - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 300 pages
...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 eye, The gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty." 112. Donne, Elegie 20: Love's Warre, and Lovelace,... | |
 | Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth - History - 1995 - 254 pages
...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.... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...(attributed) Punctuality is the politeness of kings. LOVELACE Richard 1618-1658 6538 To Althea, From Prison' , Gods, that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. 6539 To Altheu. From Prison' When thirsty grief... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...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... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - History - 2004 - 632 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 596 pages
...(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 - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...considered the ideal figure of the courtier: aristocratic, witty, and chivalrous. 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 haire And fettered to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire, Know no such Liberty.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 pages
...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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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 fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. 
