 To althea from prison lyrics ( Fairport convention )   
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 Rate To Althea From Prison
Artist : Fairport convention
Song : To althea from prison
When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my
gates
And my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my
grates
When I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with
her eye
Birds that wanton in the air know no such liberty
When flowing cups run swiftly round with no
allaying ?tense?
Our careless heads with roses crowned, our hearts
with royal flames
When first decreeth in wine we steep when healths
and rafts run free
Fishes that tipple in the deep know no such
liberty
Stone walls do not a prison make not iron bars a
gate
Minds innocent and quiet take that as a hermitage
If I have freedom in my love and in my soul am
free
Angels alone that soar above enjoy such liberty
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