 | George Wither - 1622
...and live again. When, linnet-like, confined, I With shriller note shall sing The mercy, sweetness, 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. Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809
...no such liberty. When linnet like confined) I With shriller note shall sin;, The mercy, sweetness, 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. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821
...steep, When healths and draughts go free ; — . Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat...sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my KING ; When 1 shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be ; — Enlarged winds that curl the flood, Know... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821
...steep, When healths and draughts go free ; — Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat...sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my KING ; When 1 shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be ;— Enlarged winds that curl the flood, Know... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 560 pages
...steep, When healths and draughts go free,— Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat...sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; (a) In the original it is " gods." The correction, which is very happy, is Dr Percy's. When I shall... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - Ballads, English - 1835
...are free, — Fishes that tipple in the deep. Know no such liberty. When like committed linnets, If With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; * In the original it is " gods," Dr. Percy made the alteration j in an old MS. copy of the Song since... | |
 | England - 1835
...draughts are free, — fishes that tipple in the deep. Know no such liberty. like committed linnets, If With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my king ; ' ID the original it is " gods," Dr. Percy made the alteration ; in u <W MS. copy of the Song since... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1836
...that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller notes shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories...voice aloud, how good He is, how great should be, — Th' enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836
...we steepe, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deepe Know no such libertie. When (like committed linnets) I With shriller throat...mercy, majesty, And glories of my King : When I shall voyce aloud, how good He is, how great should be, Inlarged winds that curie the flood Know no such... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836
...steepe, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deepe, Know no such lihertie. When (like committed linnets) I With shriller throat...mercy, majesty, And glories of my King ; When I shall voyce aloud, how good He is, how great should he ; Enlarged winds that curle the flood, Know no such... | |
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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 Enjoy such liberty. 
