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
| Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 486 pages
...upon thee, As with a sigh, I deem thou might'st have been to me. May-June, 1816. November 18, 1816. SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL Spirit of the chainless...martyrdom. And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Cliillon ! thy prison is a holy place. Ami thy sad floor an altar — for 't was trod, Until his very... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1924 - 774 pages
...reason give ; 55 And in the light of Truth thy bondman let me live. W. WoRDSWoRTH. 209 ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign 'd, 5 To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
| William Joseph Long - English literature - 1925 - 844 pages
...and her Ruin past Redemption's skill, The World, the same wide den— of thieves, or what ye will. 5 SONNET ON CHILLON Eternal Spirit of the chainless...alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned— 10 To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...lord, she took the tax away, And built herself an everlasting name. ALFRED TENNYSON. 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... | |
| John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...Spirit of the chainless Mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitatiorTïs D . Chillón ! ' thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very... | |
| American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...whence, And, pausing, takes with forehead bare The benediction of the air. — John Greenleaf Whittier THE PRISONER OF CHILLON: A FABLE SONNET ON CHILLON...heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind; Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon!... | |
| Edwin Markham - American poetry - 1927 - 402 pages
...might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! 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,... | |
| John Dover Wilson - English literature - 1927 - 310 pages
...air, 80 And the clouds perished; Darkness had no need Of aid from them-^-She was the Universe. 1816. 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 gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,... | |
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