Quotes
Quotes - Lovelace
Oh, could you view the melody
Of every grace
And music of her face,
You 'd drop a tear;
Seeing more harmony
In her bright eye
Than now you hear.
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Lov'd I not honour more.
When flowing cups pass swiftly round
With no allaying Thames.
Fishes that tipple in the deep,
Know no such liberty.
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.
Oh! could you view the melody Of every grace, And music of her face, You'd drop a tear, Seeing more harmony In her bright eye, Than now you hear.
Those glories come too late That on our ashes wait.
I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage.
