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 - Страница 33написао/ла William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 364 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
| George Wither - 1622 - 476 страница
...confinement in the Gate-House, Westminster, for political reasons, in the year 1642. To Altheafrom 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 hair And fetter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 454 страница
...once turn'd faithless to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. SONG. To AlthiV, 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... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 488 страница
...to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. SONG. To Althea, from prison. WHEW 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... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 474 страница
...turn'd faithless to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. SONG. To AltJifa,from prison. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within...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... | |
| George Ellis - 1803 - 476 страница
...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. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no alla).ing Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty... | |
| Lyre - 1806 - 208 страница
...Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear! so much, 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... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 страница
...take, Aud Doric music make, To civilize with (raver notes our wits again. RICHARD tOVELACE. SONNET. 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 with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - 476 страница
...turn'd faithless to thyself, and old, They then with thee incessantly grew cold. ****#* SONG. 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... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 страница
...sex, and the darling of the ladies, died in the lowest wretchedness, obscurity, and want, in 1658. 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 feiter'd with her eye, The birds that wanton in the... | |
| Richard Lovelace - 1817 - 284 страница
...joy clear through this cloudy day To dress my sorrow by. SUljjca, front SONG. SET BY DR. JOHN W/LSOW. 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... | |
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