 And thy sad floor an altar, — for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.  Songs of Freedom - Page 39by Henry Stephens Salt - 1893 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every...is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón! ron Ч »a« trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were л sod, By... | |
 | John Murray - 1846 - 552 pages
...following lines are taken : — Boute 56.— Chillón— Villeneuve — Rhone Valley. 167 " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if the cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...Their country conquers wilh their martyrdom. And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar— ftir 'I was trod, dans le chitcau de Chillón, oů il resta sans ętre interrogé ju». qu'en 1836;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds win?s on every wind. Chillon 1 thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, 1 When this poem was composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom. Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every...trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bounivard !c" — May none those marks efl'ace ! For they appeal from tyrauny to God. I. My hair is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...consigned — To fetters and the damp vault's dayless gloom, | Their country conquers with their martrydom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon...is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 't was trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Italy - 1848 - 410 pages
...When he afterwards heard of it, he wrote a sonnet on the noble prior of Victor, in which he says : " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas trod Until its very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May none... | |
 | Crime - 1849 - 610 pages
...their martyrdom. And freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ' thy prison is a holy pfacc, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod. Until...have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were о sod, By Bonnivnrd ! Мну none those marks efface ARTICLE LXXIII. William Smith O'Brien. IRELAND.... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Europe - 1849 - 344 pages
...the genius of the poet. Byron wrote a sonnet on the true story after he learned it, concluding thus: Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 't was trod Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard... | |
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