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Richard Lovelace: Stone walls do...

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Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage.

Source: To Althea, from Prison.
-- Richard Lovelace, ( 1618-1658), English poet; He is remembered almost solely for two extremely graceful, melodic, and much-quoted lyrics, To Althea, from Prison and To Lucasta, Going to the Wars.


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