Famous Quotes | Stone walls do not a prison...
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
Attribution: Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), British poet. To Althea, from Prison (l. 25–32). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press.
Categories: Freedom, Prison
