 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 548 pagine
...consign'd/1— To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloomf . Their country conquers with their martyrdojn,4 And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon...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... | |
 | 1843 - 434 pagine
...by the action of footsteps. No poetic license has therefore been taken in the forcible lines — " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...cold pavement were a sod — By Bonnivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God I" The pillar thus connected with Bonnivard's... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pagine
...Chillon," but afterward he composed that fine sonnet which will render the captive's name immortal. " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, , And thy sad...marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." Bonnivard was a scholar, as well as a hero; and in his views of religious, as well as political freedom,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagine
...hind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consifrn'd— To fetters, and the damp vault's daylesa gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...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... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 pagine
...lord, the Duke of Savoy ! Of this relic of human ferocity Byron sung in melancholy strains : — " Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...trace, Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonuivard ! May none these marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God." A pillar to which this... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagine
...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, And Freedom's...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pagine
...bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pagine
...and the damp vault's riayles» gloom, Thv joy is with them still, und uneonrmcd. 3tî 313 IJnlil hi* very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold...Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ; For the., appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLÓN. (0 I. MY hair is grey, but not with years,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pagine
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds win?s on every wind. Chillon 1 thy prison is a holy place. And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, 1 When this poem was composed, I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pagine
...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, And Freedom's...trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bounivard !c" — May none those marks efl'ace ! For they appeal from tyrauny to God. I. My hair is... | |
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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... 
