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" When (like committed 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 should be ; Enlarged Winds that curl the Flood, Know no such Liberty. "
Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is ... - Page 225
by English poets - 1801
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no...Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing When I shall voice aloud how good He...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...my divine Althea brings To whisper at my grates ; When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no...Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing The mercy, sweetness, majesty, And...
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Folk Songs

John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; 49 •=* ••: -, .- .. " a te\\ The birds, that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty....Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnet, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories...
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The Loves and Heroines of the Poets

Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 pages
...When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered with her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know 110 such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round....Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing When I shall voice aloud how good He...
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A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...Mr. Singer; 12mo. Chiswick, 1817, nnd 1818. i Misprinted " Gods " in the original edition. VOL. II. C When flowing cups run swiftly round. With no allaying...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...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 29-30

1861 - 790 pages
...in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. II. " When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying...Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. ill. " When like committed linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty,...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'd, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go freeFishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like confined, I With shriller...
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Choice Poems and Lyrics

Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crowned, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief...Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. • When, like confined linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty And...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'd, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief...Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like confined, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty And glories...
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Early English poems, Chaucer to Pope

English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'd, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief...Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like confined, I With shriller note shall sing The mercy, sweetness, majesty, And glories...
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