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" Then strike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me : Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liberty : Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Make me no prisoner, but an anchoret. "
Rump: Or An Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the ... - Page 242
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The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction [ed. by T. Byerley ...

Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...and left the following memorial on the windows of his cell:— " That which the world miscals a gaol, A private closet is to me ; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liherty." But a truce to " prison thoughts." The Albums, consisting of fragments...
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The Twenty-ninth of May: Rare Doings at the Restoration, Volume 2

William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 408 pages
...thoughts are calm, Then strike affliction, for thy wounds are balm. That which the world miscalls a gaol, A private closet is to me, Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liberty. Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Makes me no prisoner, but...
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The twenty-ninth of May: rare doings at the Restoration, by Ephraim Hardcastle

William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 762 pages
...thoughts are calm, Then strike affliction, for thy wounds are balm. That which the world miscalls a gaol, A private closet is to me, Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liberty. Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Makes me no prisoner, but...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...are cslm; Then strike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. Thai which the world miscall« ë gaol, est satire bade translate, And owned that nine such poets bail, And innocence øó liberty. Locke, bars, walls, leanness, ttoagli together met, Hake me no prisoner,...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of ..., Volume 2; Volume 11

1842 - 528 pages
...calm resignation that it is interesting to contemplate :— " That which tlic world miscals a jail, A private closet is to me; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, • And innocence my liberty. Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Make me no prisoner, but...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...are calm ; Then strike, affliction, for thy wounds arc balm. That which the world miscalls a jail, ȑ bail, And innocence my liberty : bocks, bars, and solitude, together met, Make me no prisoner, but...
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Notes and Queries

1914 - 650 pages
...calm, Then strike afflictions, for your wounds are balm. ii. That which the world miscalls a jayl, A private closet is to me ; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And Innocence my liberty, Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Make me no prisoner, but an...
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Lord Capell (cont'd). William Seymour, marquis of Hertford, afterwards duke ...

Lady Theresa Lewis - 1852 - 570 pages
...arc calm ; Then strike, affliction, for thy wounds are balm. That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me ; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, Here sin, for want of food, must starve, Where tempting objects are not seen ; And these strong...
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A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. Sir R. Lovelace. That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liberty; Locks, bars, and solitude, together met, Make me no prisoner but an...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 pages
...thoughts are calm ; Then strike affliction, for my wounds are balm. That which the world miscalls a jail, A private closet is to me ; Whilst a good conscience is my bail, And innocence my liberty; Locks, bars, and solitude together met Make me no prisoner, but an...
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