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Bits of books, from old and modern authors, for railway travellers - Page 21
by Bits - 1847 - 72 pages
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...composed by him while within the walls of his prison. His mind was free ; tyrants conld not chain that. 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 eve, — The birds that wanton m the...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...note ; And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. ANDREW KARVELL. 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...wretched life till 1658, when he died of consumption, induced by misery and want TO ALTHEA. Written in Prison. 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 gods that wanton in the air,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critcal Notices and An ...

1855 - 834 pages
...night ; Like the sun in his early ray, But shake your head and scatter day. SONÓ. TO ALT1IE4, ГНОМ PRISON. WHEN Love, with unconfined wings, Hovers within my gates, And my divine Altura brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye, —...
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Englische Dichter: Eine Auswahl englischer Dichtungen mit deutscher Uebersetzung

1856 - 754 pages
...vows religious be, And her love she vows to me. RICHARD LOVELACE. Born 1618. 1. 1658. To Althaea. — From Prison. When love with unconfined wings Hovers...gates ; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates : When I lye tangled in her haire, And fetter'd to her eye ; The gods that wanton in the...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...wretched life till 1658, when he died of consumption, induced by misery and want TO ALTHEA. Written in Prison. 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 gods that wanton in the air,...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...him a physician also, that being the science the worldlings have most need of. — Steele. DCCLXVI1. 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...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

1856 - 372 pages
...him a physician also, that being the science the worldlings have most need of. — Stetle. DCCLXVIl. 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...
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Songs of England. The book of English songs, ed. by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...Only a sweet and virtuous soul, TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON. l!i< us KJ> LOVELACE, born 1618, dicd 1658. WHEN love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...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,...
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1

Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...perfectly characteristic of the cavalier-feeling, — a high-toned loyalty and gallantry and gayety : — " 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...
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