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 - Strana 33podľa William Ernest Henley - 1891 - Počet stránok 364Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| George Wither - 1622 - Počet stránok 476
...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 - Počet stránok 454
...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 - Počet stránok 488
...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 - Počet stránok 474
...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 - Počet stránok 476
...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 - Počet stránok 208
...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 - Počet stránok 512
...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 - Počet stránok 476
...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 - Počet stránok 490
...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 - Počet stránok 284
...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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