TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON.
When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And Iny 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 Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in Avine we steep, When healtlxs and draughts go free— Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When (like committed linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty,And glories of my king ; When I shall voice aloud bow good He is, how great should be, Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prisoii 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 soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. Richard Lovelace, "Lucasta Odes, Sonnets, Songs, etc."
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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 17, 9 July 1920, Page 1
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180TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON. Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 17, 9 July 1920, Page 1
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