Advanced reader . mine. — William Couper. LOVELACE. 357 TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,xd my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates;When I lie tangled in her hair And fetterd to her eye,The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames,Our careless heads with roses crownd, Our hearts with loyal flames ;When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free,Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like, confined, I With shriller note sha
Advanced reader . mine. — William Couper. LOVELACE. 357 TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON. When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates,xd my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates;When I lie tangled in her hair And fetterd to her eye,The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames,Our careless heads with roses crownd, Our hearts with loyal flames ;When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free,Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When, linnet-like, confined, I With shriller note shall singThe 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. 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 alone, that sore above. Enjoy such liberty. —Richard BURKE. Biographical.—Edmund Burke, the son of a solicitor, was born in Dub-lin, as far as can be ascertained, on the 12th of January, 1728 or father was a Protestant; his mother, a Roman Catholic; his earliestyears were spent under the care of his Catholic uncles; and his school- 5 master was a Quaker. He had thus the best possible training in the newvirtue of toleration. From school he passed to Trinity College, Dublin,where he remained from 1743 to 1748. As a student his habits were desul-tory. Now and then he had fits of application to his proper studies; but,though he won some distinction, he did not stand highest in any depart- 10 ment. Unlike his contemporary, the gay and idle Goldsmith, he gavehimself up to miscellaneous reading, to verse-making, and to 1750 he went to London to study law, but he had little taste for thisprofession ; for his condition during this period is described as that of a young templar in delicate health, fond o
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