Stone walls do not a prison make...

[ladyofavalon77]

I love finding romantic poetry and today's entry is no exception.  It's be William Lovelace and what I love best about this poem is that it shows that love can transcend any physical barrier.  The wording is beautiful and I think it's fitting for this relationship since at the end of Day Six it appeared that Logan was being taken off to prison.  If he truly loved Martha, these thoughts could have been going through his mind.  It's a nice idea at any rate :)

T O  A L T H E A.
From Prison.

WHEN Love with unconfined wings
    Hovers within my Gates ;
And my divine Althea brings
    To whisper at the Grates ;
When I lye tangled in her haire
    And fettered to her eye ;
The Gods that wanton in the Aire,
    Know no such Liberty. 
II

When flowing Cups run swiftly round
    With no allaying Thames,
Our carelesse heads with Roses bound,
    Our hearts with Loyall Flames ;
When thirsty griefe in Wine we steepe,
    When Healths and draughts go free,
Fishes that tipple in the Deepe,
    Know no such Libertie.

III

When (like committed linnets) I
    With shriller throat shall sing
The sweetnes, Mercy, Majesty,
    And glories of my KING ;
When I shall voyce aloud, how Good
    He is, how Great should be ;
Enlarged Winds that curle the Flood,
    Know no such Liberty.

IV

Stone Walls do not a Prison make,
    Nor Iron bars a Cage ;
Mindes innocent and quiet take
    That for an Hermitage ;
If I have freedome in my Love,
    And in my soule am free ;
Angels alone that sore above,
    Injoy such Liberty.

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Source:
Lovelace, Richard.    The Poems of Richard Lovelace.
London: Unit Library, Ltd., 1904.    69-70.
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