英语词汇stone walls do not a prison make的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

stone walls do not a prison make. These famous words by the Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace are from his “To Althea, from Prison,” which he wrote in 1642 while serving seven weeks in the Gatehouse prison at Westminster for presenting a petition to the House of Commons on behalf of King Charles I. The poem also contains words praising Charles (“The sweet- ness, mercy, majesty / And glories of my King”), yet Lovelace was freed not by any action of the monarch but on a large bail of 4,000 to 40,000 pounds that he posted. In 1648 Lovelace was again imprisoned, by the Commonwealth, and while in prison prepared for press another famous poem “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars,” which contains the famous lyric “I could not love thee, Dear, so much / Loved I not Honour more.” Lovelace named “Lucasta” for his beloved Lucy Sacheverell, who mar- ried another man when it was reported that the Cavalier poet was killed fighting for the French king in France. By the time Lovelace finished his second jail term, his great fortune had been exhausted supporting the monarchy. It is said that he died in a cellar, without money to buy food, before his 40th birthday in 1658.

词汇	stone walls do not a prison make
词源	stone walls do not a prison make. These famous words by the Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace are from his “To Althea, from Prison,” which he wrote in 1642 while serving seven weeks in the Gatehouse prison at Westminster for presenting a petition to the House of Commons on behalf of King Charles I. The poem also contains words praising Charles (“The sweet- ness, mercy, majesty / And glories of my King”), yet Lovelace was freed not by any action of the monarch but on a large bail of 4,000 to 40,000 pounds that he posted. In 1648 Lovelace was again imprisoned, by the Commonwealth, and while in prison prepared for press another famous poem “To Lucasta, Going to the Wars,” which contains the famous lyric “I could not love thee, Dear, so much / Loved I not Honour more.” Lovelace named “Lucasta” for his beloved Lucy Sacheverell, who mar- ried another man when it was reported that the Cavalier poet was killed fighting for the French king in France. By the time Lovelace finished his second jail term, his great fortune had been exhausted supporting the monarchy. It is said that he died in a cellar, without money to buy food, before his 40th birthday in 1658.
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