 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...  The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 398by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 302 pages
...you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, / He would have written sonnets all his life?" 299. On Chilian Eternal spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in...thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - English poetry - 1999 - 306 pages
...3.8,"Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, / He would have written sonnets all his life?" 299. On Chillon Eternal spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest...thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned— To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
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