 | George Wither - 1622 - 476 pages
...majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud, how good He is, how great should be, Th' enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no such liberty....Nor iron bars a cage : Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul ani fjree, Angels alone, that soar... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 pages
...linnets, I* With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone that... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...linnets, I * With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage, If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone, that... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 208 pages
...linnet-like, confined I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great...Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love APHARA BEHN. 1656. This celebrated female writer... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...majesty And glories of my king : When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be, Th* enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no such liberty....Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage. if I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - English poetry - 1817 - 284 pages
...linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my KING ; When I shall voice aloud, how good He is, how great...Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage ; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free ; Angels alone that soar... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 560 pages
...thought : " Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage : If I have freedom in my love, And...Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty." Butler, however, probably borrowed his thought from the reasoning of Justice Adam Overdo, in Ben Jonson's... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 450 pages
...linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my KING ; When 1 shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should...Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage : (Jf I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free ; — Angels alone that... | |
 | Books - 1821 - 404 pages
...liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage ; If I have freedom in my love, And...Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty." The song called ^he Scrutiny is a most delightful piece of male coquetry. It is written in the happiest... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage : If I have freedom in my love, And in my...Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. This song has been much, and very justly admired, and if he had composed nothing more, .vould have... | |
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Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above,... 
