 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
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...the spectres had return'd again, And from the grave an armed nation sprang. EB LITTON. <£ hillon. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in...heart, which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sous to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...Necrology, from the month of July l570 to lS7l. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETEBNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind I Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. t. : In lion ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his... | |
 | Augustus Choate Hamlin - Nazi concentration camps - 1866 - 290 pages
...and example. * BOOK SECOND. " Plus in carcere spiritus acquirit, quam caro amittit." Tertullian. " Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - Sonnets, American - 1867 - 722 pages
...merits even in that respect, especially considering GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD BYRON. I. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest...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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. LIBERTY. Eternal spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in...consign'd, — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloonfj Their country conquers yr\rt\ ftwAt maitviAom, And Freedom's fame finds -wings on every BYRON.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 770 pages
...the ruin feels. And never more a leaf reveals. THE PRISONER OF CHILLÓN. 1816. SONNET ON CHILLÓN. e ? Spirits ! smile down upon me ; for ray cause is yours, in all life now 284 Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an aliar— for 'twas trod, Until his... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 376 pages
...poetry t JEFFREY.] 6.— Page 259, line 24. And never more a leaf reveals. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless...thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are conaign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...peaceful" lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies. LORD BYRON. 1788—1824. ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest...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... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...PRISONER OF CHILLON. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! ' Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thon art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The...are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's day less gloom — Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every... | |
 | Kent (England) - 1874 - 598 pages
...record of England's Worthies. " Eternal Spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty I thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart—...martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind."—Byron. At Deal was born (1717) the learned Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, who " could make a pudding... | |
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