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" 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 Wisconsin Farmer - Page 197
1863
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...conquers with their martyrdom. And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a (race Worn, as if thy cold pavement was a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems ..., Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...wings on every wind. 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 ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, The giaour, The siege of Corinth [and other poems].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...wings on every wind. 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 ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 liis very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May...
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Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron: With ..., Volume 2

William Brockedon - Greece - 1833 - 332 pages
...iC-.N. АГ " THE DUNGEON OF CHILLÓN. From tt Drawing by C. Stanfield, ARA " Chillón ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas...his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy soft pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny...
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Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron: With ..., Volume 2

William Brockedon - 1833 - 356 pages
...--l I f • f THE DUNGEON OF CHILLON. From • Dmixg by C. Stnfidd, ARA " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; for 'twas...his very steps have left a trace, Worn, as if thy soft pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny...
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Facts Without Fiction and Tales from the Life, Illustrative of the Evil ...

John Grigg Hewlett - 1835 - 254 pages
...wrongs. Who can but feel the charm of the latter part of his sonnet — ' Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar ; — for 'twas...have left a trace. Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod. By Bonnivardt ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.' "From...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His ..., Volume 10

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...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...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. (1) [In...
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The continent in 1835, sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and ...

John Hoppus - 1836 - 770 pages
...made — and like a living grave. Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an ahar — for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnirard !' This part of the lake of Geneva has acquired additional celebrity by its being...
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The Select Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Containing The Corsair, Lara, The ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...is a holy place , To fetters , and the damp vault's dayless gloom, And thy sad floor an altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn , as if thy cold pavement were a sod , By Bounivord '. —May none those marks efface? For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER...
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