The poet compares himself to a pair of finches in the third stanza of this poem which was included in Percy's Reliques, and says that he "shall sing the sweetness, mercy, majesty, and glories" of his king.
The poet compares himself to a pair of finches in the third stanza of this poem which was included in Percy's Reliques, and says that he "shall sing the sweetness, mercy, majesty, and glories" of his king. The poet notes that "Fishes that tipple in the deep, "and" Enlarged winds, that curl the flood" do not afford the liberty that his love for the subject does. For 10 points-- name this poem in which the poet assures his love that "Stone walls do not a prison make."
The poet compares himself to a pair of finches in the third stanza of this poem which was included in Percy's Reliques, and says that he "shall sing the sweetness, mercy, majesty, and glories" of his king.
{“To Althea from Prison”}