Richard Lovelace > Quotes

“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

“I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more.”
― Richard Lovelace, The Lucasta Poems

“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage.”
― Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison

“To Lucasta, Going to the Wars

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

True, a new mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
A sword, a horse, a shield.

Yet this inconstancy is such
As thou too shalt adore;
I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more.”
― Richard Lovelace, The Lucasta Poems

“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage”
― Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison

“Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage”
― Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison