When, linnet-like, confined I
With shriller note shall sing
The mercye, sweetness, majestye,[831]
And glories of my king;[832] 20
When I shall voyce aloud how good
He is, how great should be,
Th' enlarged windes, that curle the flood,[833]
Know no such libertìe.[827]
Stone walls doe not a prison make, 25
Nor iron barres a cage,
Mindes, innocent, and quiet, take[834]
That for an hermitage:[835]
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soule am free, 30
Angels alone, that soare above,[836]
Enjoy such libertìe.[837]
FOOTNOTES:
[827] [Ver. 8, 16, 24. enjoyes such lybertye, MS.]
[828] V. 10. with woe-allaying theames, MS. Thames is here used for water in general.
[829] [Ver. 13. thirsty soules, MS.]
[830] [V. 14. when cupps and bowles goe free.]
[831] [V. 19. the mercy, goodnesse, maiestye.]
[832] [V. 20. glory.]
[833] [V. 23. curles the floods.]