 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
 | Henry Stephens Salt - English poetry - 1893 - 386 pages
...him with three cheers, The gallant man who led the van of Irish Volunteers. LORD BYRON. 1788—1824. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless...vault's dayless gloom — Their country conquers with Iheir martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place,... | |
 | David Hoekzema - English poetry - 1893 - 368 pages
...shroud, his robe of state, His canopy, the stone; The Mede is at his gate, The Persian on his throne!" . SONNET ON CHILLON. Eternal Spirit of the chainless...consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless bloom Their country conquers with their martyrdom , And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon!... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...concenter'd recompense. Triumphant where it dares defy, And making Death a Victory. DIODATI, July 1816 SONNET ON CHILLON. Eternal Spirit of the chainless...sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and tLe damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - English language - 1893 - 404 pages
...which forms the introduction to the Prisoner of Chilian, a third rhyme is introduced into the octave. CHILLON. Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters and the damp vaults' dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - English language - 1893 - 402 pages
...to the Prisoner of Chilian, a third rhyme is introduced into the octave. CHILLON. t- - <j - f . >, Eternal spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned— To fetters and the damp vaults' dayless gloom, -" Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...concenter'd recompense. Triumphant where it dares defy, And making Death a Victory. DIODATI, July 1816 SONNET ON CHILLON. Eternal Spirit of the chainless...sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and tl.c damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1894 - 686 pages
...became acquainted with the story of the real prisoner, he celebrated him in the following fine sonnet : 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 co-3ntry conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - Elocution - 1895 - 316 pages
...or for evil, openly or secretly, throughout all time. Carlyle. 813. THE CASTLE OF CHILLON.* KTKKNAI, Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons...Thee alone can 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 pages
...Reisegepack erfunden werden! Breslau, Januar 1896. E. Kolbing. THE PR1SONER OF CH1LLON, AND OTHER POEMS. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless...thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless glooin, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...interest, a. LOWELL — The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. VI. St. 9. PRINTING (See OCCUPATIONS). PRISON. WIJ/.I. Goethe's Helena. Keep thy shop, and thy shop...and wise. r. GEOROK CHAPMAN— Eastward Ho. Act I. areconsign'd — To fetters and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.... | |
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