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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... "
Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Switzerland and the Tyrol - Page 35
by George Bradshaw - 1857
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The Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and ...

John Murray (Firm) - Switzerland - 1811 - 618 pages
...from which the following lines are taken : "Chillon ! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar; for 'twas trod Until his very steps have left a trace Wern, as if thy cold pavement were a soil, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface ! For they appeal...
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Hebrew Melodies

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. B 2 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 sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from...
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The Prisoner of Chillon, and Other Poems, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. s % 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 sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 87, Part 1; Volume 121

Early English newspapers - 1817 - 728 pages
...Freedom's lame finds wings on every wind. Chil Ion! 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 sod, [efface ! By Bonnivard! — May none those marks For they appeal from...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: Prisoner of Chillon. Manfred ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B 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 sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volume 6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...fame finds wings on every wind. VOL. VI. B 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 sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from...
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Letters during a tour through ... France, Savoy, Switzerland, Germany and ...

Thomas Raffles - 1818 - 374 pages
...from a living sepulchre to that of death. " 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 sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny...
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Letters, During a Tour Through Some Parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland ...

Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1818 - 330 pages
...sepulchre to that of death. " Chillon, tby prison is a holy place And tby sad floor an altar—for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn as if tby cold pavement were a sod. Bonnivard! May none those marks efface, For they appeal from tyranny...
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Letters During a Tour Through Some Parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland ...

Thomas Raffles - Europe - 1819 - 370 pages
...from a living sepulchre to that of death. " 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 sod. Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface, ' . ' For they appeal from tyranny...
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Lord Byron's Works ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...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 a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! ' — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from...
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