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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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Wine and walnuts

Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pages
...When flowing cups run swiftly round, With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crowned, When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths...Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like confined, I With shriller notes shall sing The mercy, sweetness, majesty, And glories...
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The Children's Treasury of English Song

Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...not ; glinted, went brightly 3 Althea, his lady-love 10 with no water in the wine ia flames, feelings 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 confindd, I With shriller...
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Lyrics of love, from Shakespeare to Tennyson, selected and arranged, with ...

Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 280 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, linnet-like confined, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty And glories...
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A Poetry-book of Elder Poets: Consisting of Songs & Sonnets, Odes & Lyrics ...

Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 332 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...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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A poetry-book of elder poets, selected and arranged by A. B. Edwards

Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...Thames, Our careless heads with roses crown'd, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief hi wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free —...Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like confin6d, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty And glories...
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...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 air Know...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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The Classic Hundred Poems: All-time Favorites

William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...sound quaint, but his name still gleams with honor. Form: Ballad measure. To Althea, from Prison When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go freeFishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...fettered to her eye: The Gods, that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. 6539 To Altheu. From Prison' x 6540 'To Althea. From Prison' Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent...
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Doctor Leeds' Selection of Popular Epic Recitations for Minstrel and Stage Use

Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig." TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON Richard Lovelace When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,...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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The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland ...

Stephen C. Manganiello - History - 2004 - 632 pages
...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...Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. I When (like committed linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And...
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