Richard Lovelace: Liberty

Richard Lovelace was English writer and poet. Explore interesting quotes on liberty.
Richard Lovelace: 32 quotes0 likes

“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.”

Richard Lovelace

To Althea: From Prison, st. 4.
Lucasta (1649)

“Fishes that tipple in the deep,
Know no such liberty.”

Richard Lovelace

To Althea: From Prison, st. 2.
Lucasta (1649)

“When I lie tangled in her hair,
And fettered to her eye,
The gods that wanton in the air
Know no such liberty.”

Richard Lovelace

To Althea: From Prison, st. 1.
Lucasta (1649)