Richard Lovelace Quotes

• The asp doth on his feeder feed.

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• Thus did they live: Thus did they love, Repeating only joys above; And Angels were, but with clothes on, Which they would put off cheerfully, To bathe them in the galaxy, Then gird them with the Heavenly zone.

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• I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.

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• Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly.

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• Amarantha sweet and fair, Ah braid no more that shining hair! As my curious hand or eye, Hovering round thee let it fly.

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• Stone walls do not a prison 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 along that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

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• When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye; The Gods, that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.

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• I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more.

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• If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, – Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

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• Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

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Richard Lovelace (10)

Birth:	1618
Death:	1657
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Poet

About

Richard Lovelace was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison," and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres."

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