 To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left...  Hoekzema's Gleanings from English Poetry - Page 152by David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...and fro. Byron afterwards wrote the sonnet on Bonnivard, from which the following lines are taken : "Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Wern, as if thy cold pavement were a soil, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface ! For they appeal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. B 2 Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,2 As men's have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. s % Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABI.E. I. MY hair is grey, but not with years, , Nor grew it white In a single night,2 As men's... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1817 - 728 pages
...[tyrdom, Their country conquers with their marAnd Freedom's lame finds wings on every wind. Chil Ion! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, [efface ! By Bonnivard! — May none those marks For they appeal from tyranny toGod." The Poem is illustrated... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, * As men's have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLQN. A FABLE. 1. MY hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, 2 As... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...unhappy victims these vaults enclosed, were made to pass from a living sepulchre to that of death. " Chillon, thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor...left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from the dungeons... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1819 - 370 pages
...unhappy victims these vaults enclosed} were made to pass from a living sepulchre to that of death. " Chillon, thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor...left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, ' . ' For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd— To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace AVorn, as if thy cold pavement were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned— To fetters, and the damp vault's day less gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. .1. hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night,1 As men's have grown from... | |
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