When love with unconfined wings
. . . Hovers within my gates,
And my divine Althea brings
. . . To whisper at the grates;
When I lie tangled in her hair
. . . And fettered to her eye,
The birds that wanton in the air
. . . Know no such liberty.
When...

Beat on, proud billows; Boreas, blow;
  Swell, curlèd waves, high as Jove’s roof;
Your incivility doth show
  That innocence is tempest proof;
Though surly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm;
Then strike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm.

That...

When Love with unconfinèd wings
  Hovers within my gates,
And by divine Althea brings
  To whisper at my grates;
When I lie tangled in her hair
  And fettered with her eye,
The birds that wanton in the air
  Know no such liberty.

...

Dans la prison qui vous va renfermant,
Votre grande âme agit incessamment,
Et ce divin esprit que rien n'enserre
Vole partout, sans erreur toujours erre,
S'étend, s'élève, et va plus aisément.

Vous parcourez l'un et l'autre élément,
Vous pénétrez jusques...