 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 poetical works of lord Byron - Seite 134von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 Seiten
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. B 2 Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. My hair is grey, but not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 Seiten
...gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. s % Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABI.E. I. MY hair is grey, but not... | |
 | 1817 - 728 Seiten
...[tyrdom, Their country conquers with their marAnd Freedom's lame finds wings on every wind. Chil Ion! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar...a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, [efface ! By Bonnivard! — May none those marks For they appeal from tyranny toGod." The Poem is illustrated... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 Seiten
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. A FABLE. I. MY hair is grey, but not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 Seiten
...Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad...sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLQN. A FABLE. 1. MY hair is grey, but not... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 Seiten
...unhappy victims these vaults enclosed, were made to pass from a living sepulchre to that of death. " Chillon, thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor...left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from the dungeons... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1819 - 370 Seiten
...unhappy victims these vaults enclosed} were made to pass from a living sepulchre to that of death. " Chillon, thy prison is a holy place And thy sad floor...left a trace Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, ' . ' For they appeal from tyranny to God." Emerging from... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 Seiten
...SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAI, spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart...Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace AVorn, as if thy cold pavement were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 Seiten
...SONNET ON CHILLON. ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart...Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned— To fetters, and the damp vault's day less gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom,...sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God. THE PRISONER OF CHILLON. .1. hair is grey, but not with years,... | |
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