“Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take Tha

“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for a hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that soar above
Enjoy such liberty.” - Richard Lovelace, “To Althea, From Prison’, 1642
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Social distancing and self-isolation is not easy, especially if you don’t have much space. But we mustn’t allow the walls that surround us to become prisons and barriers to our minds and souls. Solidarity to those feeling the pressure and to those caring for others. Things are pretty grim still, but there are always candles in the darkness and for everyone keeping hope alive, we thank you.
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Richard Lovelace (1617-57) was an English poet and Cavalier army officer during the English Civil Wars. John Aubrey and Anthony Wood, both diarists of the age, described Lovelace as one of the most beautiful gentlemen they had ever met. In 1641, he led a group of men to seize and destroy a petition for the abolition of bishops, which had been signed by 15,000 people. The following year he presented the House of Commons with a pro-Royalist petition which was supposed to have been burned. These actions resulted in Lovelace’s first imprisonment, when he wrote "To Althea, From Prison”.
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