Quote#Love
When Love with unconfined wings
Quote byRichard Lovelace · 1617–1658
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucasta (1649, '59), To Althea. From Prison, st. 1 [variant: 'birds' for 'gods'].
English (original)
When Love with unconfinèd wings Hovers within my Gates; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the Grates; When I lye tangled in her haire And fettered to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the Aire, Know no such Liberty.
— Richard Lovelace
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