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 1971863Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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